Am I Being Tracked?
Am I being tracked online?
Almost certainly — tracking is the default across the web. The good news: most of it starts with signals you can control. Here's what you're exposing, starting with your IP, and how to make tracking much harder.
- See what you expose
- Practical steps
- Strict no-logs
Right now
Sites can already see this
Before any cookie is set, your IP alone reveals this much about you — live, from your current connection. See the full breakdown.
Your public IP address
Scanning- Location
- ISP / Network
- Network (ASN)
- Time zone
Reading what websites can see about your connection…
How you're tracked
The six signals that follow you
Trackers rarely rely on just one. Together these build a profile that follows you across sites and sessions.
Your IP address
The simplest tracker of all. Your IP ties your visits to one location and provider, and lets sites link sessions together even without cookies.
Cookies and pixels
Tiny files and invisible images that sites and ad networks drop to recognise you on return and follow you from page to page.
Browser fingerprinting
Your screen size, fonts, timezone, and settings combine into a near-unique 'fingerprint' that identifies you even when cookies are cleared.
Third-party trackers
Analytics, ad, and social widgets embedded across sites report your activity back to companies you never visited directly.
Cross-site profiles
Data brokers stitch these signals together into a profile — your interests, habits, and rough location — often tied back to your IP.
Public Wi-Fi snooping
On unsecured networks, others sharing the connection can see unencrypted traffic and your IP without any fancy tools at all.
What to do
Make tracking harder in three steps
- 1
Hide your IP
Route through a VPN so sites see a shared server address, not your unique home IP — the easiest signal to remove.
- 2
Tighten your browser
Block third-party cookies, use tracker-blocking, and clear data regularly to cut the cookie and pixel trail.
- 3
Browse deliberately
Stay signed out where you can, avoid public Wi-Fi without protection, and separate sensitive browsing.
The honest bit
Free because Premium pays the bills — never because we sell your data
The usual catch with a free VPN is that it logs and sells your browsing to make money. Zippa doesn’t. Our free tier is funded by people who upgrade to Premium, and we keep a strict no-logs policy — we don’t record the sites you visit, your real IP, or your DNS queries. There’s simply nothing to sell.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The questions people actually ask before they install — answered plainly.
Assume you are — tracking is the default on most of the web. Sites can see your IP address (shown live on this page), set cookies, and fingerprint your browser to recognise you. You rarely get a visible sign, which is why reducing what you expose matters more than trying to detect each tracker.
Your IP is a stable identifier tied to your connection. Sites and ad networks use it to link your visits together, estimate your location, and build a profile — even if you clear cookies. Hiding your IP behind a VPN breaks that link, since many people share the same server address.
No single step stops everything. Hiding your IP removes one of the biggest and easiest tracking signals, but cookies and browser fingerprinting still exist. Combine a VPN with tracker-blocking and good browser hygiene for the strongest privacy — and Zippa itself keeps no logs of you.
They can be. On unsecured public networks, others on the same Wi-Fi can potentially see unencrypted traffic and your IP. A VPN encrypts your browser traffic and hides your IP, which is why it's especially worth using on café, hotel, and airport connections.
It depends who runs it. Plenty of free VPNs pay their bills by logging and selling browsing data — that's the real catch. Zippa is funded by people who upgrade to Premium, not by your data, and we keep a strict no-logs policy, so there's nothing to record or sell in the first place.
No. Add Zippa to Chrome, pick a location, and start browsing on the free plan — no account or card required to begin. You only create an account if you decide to upgrade to Premium, which starts with a 7-day free trial.
Remove the easiest tracking signal
Hiding your IP is the fastest privacy win. Add Zippa free — or learn how to hide your IP first.
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