Do you trust Anti-detect Browsers ?

[1zebra]

Do you actually trust commercial Anti-detect Browsers to install them on your main machine ?
Since most of them are proprietary and run by shady companies and you can't really know what they are doing in the background
Or maybe you use a VM ?

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[ridoy40]

Most commercial anti-detect browsers are not safe to install on your main PC—they are closed-source, so it's hard to tell what they're doing.
Best practice: Use a VM or separate device, which doesn't put your main system at risk.

 

[tubeboost]

I think most commercial anti-detet browsers are fork of Chromium based browsers with fingerprint management and they are pretty safe.
It's just a chromium and it's hard to inject code into it.

 

[1BrowserOfficial]

Do you actually trust commercial Anti-detect Browsers to install them on your main machine ?
Since most of them are proprietary and run by shady companies and you can't really know what they are doing in the background
Or maybe you use a VM ?

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I think it comes down to how you use them. Anti-detect browsers themselves are just tools for isolating sessions, fingerprints and proxies - they don’t magically make accounts safe. What matters most is keeping each profile truly separate, pairing them with clean residential/mobile proxies, and behaving in a way that doesn’t look automated or linked.

If you’re unsure how well a setup works before spending, some of these tools offer a free tier with up to 10 profiles. That’s a convenient way to test isolation and proxy behavior first before scaling into heavier use.

 

[ranaldjanssen]

No. I don't trust proprietary anti-detect browsers on a main machine. The safe approach is to run them in a VM or on a separate, isolated device.

 

[HardingJocelyn]

Do you actually trust commercial Anti-detect Browsers to install them on your main machine ?
Since most of them are proprietary and run by shady companies and you can't really know what they are doing in the background
Or maybe you use a VM ?

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Various fingerprint emulation methods (user-agent, canvas, WebGL, timezone, etc.)

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

No. I don't trust proprietary anti-detect browsers on a main machine. The safe approach is to run them in a VM or on a separate, isolated device.

They won't work too good on a Linux vm, you need a real, proper server, or well, a PC box, for those who don't trust the providers, lol, feel free to develop your own anti detect browser and see how that goes.

There's a virtual box provider out there that works bit very expensive, might as well get a real machine and dedicated router.

If it's anything that can't be trusted in this ecosystem, it's the proxy providers.

 

[Grandabdullah]

They’re useful tools if used correctly, especially for managing multiple accounts or privacy testing, but they’re not magic shields.

 

[OnlyPromotion]

Do you actually trust commercial Anti-detect Browsers to install them on your main machine ?
Since most of them are proprietary and run by shady companies and you can't really know what they are doing in the background
Or maybe you use a VM ?

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Always do your research before installing anything, but the big names would never risk it as one wrong install or too deep dive into user's computer for user located in EU will trigger so many privacy issues and criminal investigations that it would be too risky for whoever is the person in charge.
You should never run anything on your personal computer with your identity and personal life attach anyway, at minimum separate profile and no user-wide permissions.

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

Always do your research before installing anything, but the big names would never risk it as one wrong install or too deep dive into user's computer for user located in EU will trigger so many privacy issues and criminal investigations that it would be too risky for whoever is the person in charge.
You should never run anything on your personal computer with your identity and personal life attach anyway, at minimum separate profile and no user-wide permissions.

Lol brothers need to relax these anti detects are just electron wrappers around a js environment which manipulates js properties in browsers and logs stuff.

More concerning is do they as a company keep your data safe.

All but multilogin have had breaches.

The exe itself is harmless, any anti virus would detect w
Malware much better than the it pro wannabe philosophs running their mouth here

 

[JoyceKane]

Do you actually trust commercial Anti-detect Browsers to install them on your main machine ?
Since most of them are proprietary and run by shady companies and you can't really know what they are doing in the background
Or maybe you use a VM ?

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You have no way of verifying: whether data is being secretly sent, whether profile logs, cookies, or sessions are being logged, or whether there are backdoors or excessive telemetry.

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

You have no way of verifying: whether data is being secretly sent, whether profile logs, cookies, or sessions are being logged, or whether there are backdoors or excessive telemetry.

You absofuckinglutely have a way to verify, you just do not know how.

Speak for yourself please if you are not certain, do not assume, do not spread bs.

Just say I am not sure and I believe etc.

Even with tls, you can see a crap load.

 

[NexusQuirk]

To be honest, I don’t fully trust installing anti-detect browsers on my main machine. Most of them are closed source and you really have no idea what’s happening in the background. I usually prefer running them inside a VM or on a separate machine to reduce risk. It’s just safer OPSEC wise.

 

[OnlyPromotion]

Lol brothers need to relax these anti detects are just electron wrappers around a js environment which manipulates js properties in browsers and logs stuff.

More concerning is do they as a company keep your data safe.

All but multilogin have had breaches.

The exe itself is harmless, any anti virus would detect w
Malware much better than the it pro wannabe philosophs running their mouth here

Most definitely they are not just wrappers. There was a big chrome update couple months back that revealed that they are running in Chrome environment but chrome caught them. Wrapper would not have chromium key problems as that would use chrome rather than chromium. Additionally most support automation that on wrapper would just make you suspectible for so many issues if not cloaked properly into code itself which wrapper does not do.

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

I tested the majority of commercial options available on the market right now and virustotal shows no malware
But of course there is always a risk because you can't verify what it's actually happening while it's running
I mean I am sure that people who are more tech savvy could analyze packets with wireshark and figure it out
But just to be on the safe side I rather use a VM or separate machine

Another option that worked for me: Firefox Profiles + Extensions ( User agent switcher, canva blocker etc )
But of course it's a tedious manual setup and you lose on a lot of convenience and features

Here's a reasonable mind , wow.

Yeah if the anti virus doesn't alert, it's most likely fine.

If one wants extra trust ah well, then it's time for a wireshark tutorial, would do them good, they'd learn a thing or two about wth they don't understand.

Btw, don't use these browserextensions lol. Just use an anti detect they do very many more very important things than any of these extension solutions and partitions. It's a no contest

Okay then what is the conclusion ?
Maybe instead of being such aggressive you can simply tell us your conclusion... are they malicious or not?

No they're not malicious mate, they're totally fine.

That's as far your personal machine or hosting env goes only.

They will not hide identities from websites and such, they can be used for that, but it's easy as hell to leak a real ip etc. There's many things about setting this things up where chatgtp will outright refuse to help, for moral obligations or what it's called.

But yeah, there's no malware or trojans in them. You might get on some devices a prompt to white list it on WAF or such, but they're safe.

There's two use cases, private, just run them on local machine for small projects, or enterprise where you host them on a Windows server or something, the anti detect ware can safely be chalked down as "don't worry".

I mean they'd be retarded to spread malware like that, they'd open themselves to chargebacks, obvious prosecutions etc.

 

[quynhuyen]

This requires careful consideration of security risks. While these tools are legitimate and protect personal data, they can pose risks of malware, espionage, or information theft if their source is not reputable.

 

[FourteenMenInABoat]

I guess this is the place to ask as I'm new to this topic. Which ones are the current 'big' anti-detect browsers around that are layman friendly?

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

I guess this is the place to ask as I'm new to this topic. Which ones are the current 'big' anti-detect browsers around that are layman friendly?

None.

The APIs are , uhm, you better be a dev to understand these, this is coming from a dev.

The set up? Since I've been in it, the correct setup is also pretty thorny territory. They're all easy to spin up a profile with default settings, but you're not going anywhere with default settings, bar a half handful of accounts.

It does take some knowledge. Some of which a layman will never find out.

Never go by ease of use, you must understand the underlying fields and how the correspond between each other.

For example, which anti detect vendor is the best at creating canvas noise and why?

If you do not understand these kind of things, then you can chose the vendor via rock paper scissors, it won't matter.

Which proxy protocol is more leaky and why? When do these leaks occur?

Which devices need canvas noising and which do not and why.

Just throwing these in, I have tested the providers professionally, as in, been paid to do so and I have advised some of their tech teams, at least the ones which would ask.

Before there's an avalanche of replies saying use this and that browser with no explanation or reasoning whatsoever by people who ran 10 multiple accounts in their life cumulated.

 

[FourteenMenInABoat]

I see, thank you very much for the detailed response.

 

[Faraz1]

i think this is safe,
i have 3 years of experience. no any issue for my pc or account.
you can use proxy for your every profile on enti detect-browser.