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Glossary

What is a WebRTC leak?

A WebRTC leak is when a browser's video-call feature reveals your real IP address to a website even though you are using a proxy.

WebRTC lets browsers talk to each other directly for calls and screen sharing. To set that up, the browser gathers its network addresses, and a page can ask to see them. Those connections do not always go through the proxy.

Antidetect browsers handle this per profile, usually with a setting that makes WebRTC report the proxy's address. In an ordinary browser it can be limited with an extension or a setting. After changing it, open a leak-test page through the proxy and check that only the proxy's address appears.

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