Peakhour.IO - Fingerprinting

Fingerprints Are Evidence, Not Identity

AC — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1000

Browser and network fingerprints are useful security evidence, but they should not be treated as proof of a person's identity.

Account Security Without Tracking People

AC — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1000

Safer logins do not require treating people as products. Account defence should use minimised, purpose-bound risk signals and proportionate decisions.

The Invisibility Cloak

AC — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +1000

Learn how attackers combine residential proxies and anti-detect browsers to evade detection and how modern security tools can fight back.

How MTU Fingerprinting Identifies VPNs and Mobile Users

AC — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +1100

Learn how MTU fingerprinting reveals VPN usage, mobile connections, and network technologies through TCP handshake analysis. Discover practical SQL techniques for dynamic network intelligence.

Anti-Detect Browsers

AC — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Anti-detect browsers represent one of the most sophisticated threats facing modern web applications and APIs. Learn how these tools work, why they pose a significant threat to application security, and how modern security platforms can detect and mitigate their use.

Google Chrome's "IP Protection" vs Apple Private Relay

AC — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +1100

An exploration of Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" feature and a comparison with Apple's iCloud Private Relay.

JA4 and JA4+ Network Fingerprinting

AC — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +1100

How JA4 constructs a TLS client fingerprint, what JA4+ names, and which details sorting and hashing discard.

Google Chrome's "IP Protection" and Online Privacy

AC — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +1100

An exploration of Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" feature, its promise of enhanced privacy.

Chrome's TLS Extension Randomisation Experiment

AC — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +1100

Does TLS extension randomisation assist in hiding Chrome?

TLS Fingerprinting

AC — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +1100

What is fingerprinting, and in particular TLS fingerprinting?