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SOCKS5 vs HTTP proxy: what actually differs in a browser
For browsing, SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies both carry your pages, and neither encrypts anything by itself. The real differences are where DNS lookups happen, how the proxy sees your traffic, and what Chrome supports. Here is a plain comparison and which one to choose.
WebRTC leaks: what they are, how to test for one, and how to stop it
A WebRTC leak lets a website see your real IP address even though your pages load through a proxy or VPN. Here is why it happens, a two-minute test, the ways to stop it, and what each WebRTC setting in a SoftGlaze profile actually does.
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The registry key we removed, and why it was there
Earlier builds force-installed our own extension into every Chromium on the machine, to make the Web Store count it. That code is gone, current builds delete the value, and here is the whole account.