This is everything your browser knows about you

There is a website called http://webkay.robinlinus.com/ It can analyze all sorts of things about our device, location, connection, etc. This website was created by Robin Linus, a web developer, and his creation has become a tool that allows us to know all the information we are providing to our browser.

The browser represents one of the main gateways to the Internet and today we are going to discover what it knows about us, in order to decide what we want it to know and what we don't.

This website provides all the information that our browser can access. In this way, we can benefit from all the information the browser can provide, as well as information we don't want it to know or prefer it not to know.

The information accessed by our browser is classified into six parts:

• Location; It provides an approximate location, including coordinates, language, and local time. If you prefer that it doesn't access this information, you can disable location services in your operating system's permissions.
• Software; We can learn everything about operating systemand the browser itself, as well as any plugins we have installed. If we want to avoid this, we can install NoScript.
• Hardware; Processor, graphics card, resolution, battery (it knows the percentage and whether it's charging or not). You can prevent this by using NoScript.
• Connection; In addition to obtaining the public and local IP address, it also shows the last website you visited and the download speed of our network.
• Social networks; We can see which platforms you're connected to.
• Gyroscope; We can also find out information about the gyroscope and compass.

Taking all this information into account, we can decide more wisely whether we want these features or prefer to remain anonymous. A browser can be very useful, but it can also compromise your privacy; it all depends on how you use it.