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20/08/2026 20:42:50

Niklass
Niklass
Posts: 2 		I use a proxy for a few work accounts, and every IP checker shows the city I chose. Still, a couple of sites have flagged the connection as inconsistent, and one of them keeps showing content for my actual region. I cleared the cookies, started with a new browser profile, and turned off location access, but nothing changed. It feels like something is slipping around the proxy even though the visible IP is different. What else can leak, and how do I figure out why this is happening?
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20/08/2026 20:52:11

ANimaliz
ANimaliz
Posts: 2 		You’re not imagining it. An IP checker only shows the address used for that one page request, so a clean result there doesn’t prove every connection follows the proxy. WebRTC can expose network addresses, and IPv6 can leave directly when the proxy only handles IPv4. Test those two separately, then block direct connections so the browser stops loading anything when the proxy fails.
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20/08/2026 21:03:34

Ronner
Ronner
Posts: 2 		That’s where an IP checker can fool you. It sees the proxy address used to open the page, but it doesn’t show where the browser sent the domain lookup. That lookup may still go through your ISP, giving the site a second location clue that doesn’t match the proxy. To understand why that request bypasses the proxy and how to keep it on the same route, read about what a DNS leak is and why it happens here: https://gologin.com/blog/what-is-a-dns-leak/ . Run the test with the proxy on and see whether the resolver belongs to your real ISP. When it does, turn on remote DNS resolution through the proxy and test again.
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