What CloakID Is

CloakID protects you against browser fingerprinting — the tracking technique that identifies you by how your browser looks and behaves, without cookies and across sites.

It works as a browser extension paired with a secure processing gateway in the EU. The extension presents websites with a common, consistent persona derived from real-world data, and the gateway processes page content to apply protective modifications in your browser. Instead of standing out with a unique fingerprint — or an obviously randomized one — you blend into a crowd.

Honest Protection, Visibly

We build on a simple principle: we tell you what is protected, and what is not.

  • Supported sites: protection is explicit and per-site. On supported sites, CloakID applies its persona and content protections; on unsupported sites it tells you so instead of pretending.
  • Visible protection state: the extension shows you the real status of the page you are on — protected, partially protected, or not protected.
  • Honest trade-offs: first visits to new sites can take a moment longer while content is processed. We say so, because that is the truth of how it works.

Fingerprint Blurring, Not Randomization

Random fingerprints are themselves a signal — they make you look like someone hiding. CloakID’s approach is different: the persona your browser presents is built from real-world data so that it is common, internally consistent, and shared with many others. The goal is not to look like no one; it is to look like everyone.

Unique fingerprint vs randomized fingerprint vs common persona — with a common persona you blend into the crowd

Technical Foundations

How CloakID works: a browser extension paired with a secure processing gateway in the EU

  • Browser extension + EU gateway architecture — client and server working together, each doing what it does best.
  • EU-based infrastructure — services hosted in European Union data centers, GDPR-compliant, with data minimization as an engineering principle (see our Privacy Policy). No law requires us to retain your connection or browsing data — and data that was never kept cannot be handed over later.
  • You are in control — opt-in for any non-essential data processing, and a working “forget me”: complete deletion of your account and data on request.

What CloakID Does Not Do

We think a privacy product owes you clarity about its limits:

  • CloakID does not mask your IP address and is not a VPN — pair it with the transport-layer tool of your choice.
  • CloakID does not guarantee protection on unsupported sites — it shows you its real state instead.
  • CloakID is in active development: some pages may render imperfectly under protection. Telling us is the fastest way to get them fixed.

Where We Are Now

CloakID is currently in a private design-partner pilot — a small, invited group using the product in daily browsing and shaping it with direct feedback. If that sounds like you, get in touch