# JShelter

5 Hacker News commenters recommended JShelter and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Browser extension that randomizes fingerprint values so sites see a different identity each session, which people recommend for making cross-site tracking harder.

## Why people recommend it

- Fingerprint ID changes between sessions (2 comments): "each time I close the browser and load the page my fingerprint ID is different. So it seems to work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051835)) "I am using JShelter and I get a new name every time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50065457))
- Recommended level hinders cross-site linkage (1 comments): "If you want to make cross-site fingerprinting linkage hard, go for the Recommended JShelter level." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051737))
- Strict mode option (1 comments): "had strict mode with JShelter extension" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50054976))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock.md): 137 recommend
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers.md): 76 recommend
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript.md): 61 recommend
- [Consent-O-Matic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/consent-o-matic.md): 36 recommend
- [LibRedirect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libredirect.md): 35 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JShelter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/jshelter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).