Setting the Current Time on PC
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The browser date and time are one of the digital fingerprint parameters that are also collected by sites. In addition, the date and time affect the launch, closing, synchronization and saving of browser profiles. For this reason, you need to make sure that they are updated automatically on your PC. In order for everything to synchronize correctly, you need to close the antidetect browser and go to the computer settings ⚙️. Read further to know how to do it on all current OS.
Windows 10 🏠
The setting we need is found by the following path: Start ➡️ Preferences ➡️ Time and Language ➡️ Date and Time. Here you can turn on automatic time setting and enable synchronization in Additional settings.
Windows 11 🏠
In this version of the Windows OS, the route is slightly different. Click on the date/time in the taskbar, and then in the opened menu, find “Customize date and time”. In the same way, set automatic time updates and synchronize 🔄 the process in additional settings.
MacOS 🍏
To find the required option, you need to follow the path: Settings ➡️ General ➡️ Date and Time ➡️ Set time and date automatically. It is also recommended to enable the function “Get date and time from the server” or “Automatically set the time zone depending on the current geolocation”.
Linux (Ubuntu) 🐧
This OS requires you to go to Settings ➡️ Date and time ➡️ Automatic date and time. You will also need to enable “Automatic time zone”. Depending on the distribution ☝️, the location may differ slightly, but, in general, everything can be found in approximately the same place.
Feel free to launch Anti-detect browser Dolphin Anty 🚀 — the time and date will be the same as in the OS.
Conclusion ✅
Time zone, date and time are all components of a digital browser fingerprint, so it is important that they look authentic. This also applies to working via proxy 🌏 If your geo and time zone do not match, this may raise suspicions and attract unnecessary attention from trackers and security algorithms.
