Google is testing a brand new safety function that hides your IP deal with within the beta model of the Chrome browser, MSPowerUser studies. The function is solely referred to as “IP Protection” and can principally do what the title suggests, defend your IP deal with.

The new function will conceal your IP deal with if you’re logged into Google Chrome, restrict what information suspected trackers can see about your on-line habits, and redirect some content material requests by means of privateness servers as an alternative of sending them on to web sites. It’s shouldn’t be wherever close to as efficient as using a VPN, however IP Protection may very well be a really welcome function for privateness fans certainly.

The IP Protection function is to this point solely accessible on the early Canary preview model of Google Chrome. When it will likely be launched on the common model of the browser isn’t but clear.

This article was translated from Swedish to English and initially appeared on pcforalla.se.