I’m doing SEO work and managing multiple accounts across different devices (a laptop, a phone, and an iPad), each on the same Wi-Fi connection. I’m already using proxies for privacy, but since each device shares the same proxy IP, I’m concerned Google can still link them together through cookies and device fingerprints.
Would Google somehow know that I’m using the devices on the same proxy? Is there a way I can configure the profiles to avoid Google knowing this?
If you’re isolating accounts to a device, the only connection is between accounts on the same device. For the sake of argument, if each device only has the one account on it then it could just as well be three roommates each with their own device.
To answer your question, yes google knows they’re using the same proxy because all three devices would have the same IP. To truly separate them, you could get two more proxies and then limit each device to its own. Unless you’re accessing a pool of accounts between each device interchangeably without isolation then yeah they’re all definitely connected.
You could forgo all of this by just setting up an antidetect browser on your laptop and then giving each account its own profile. You could even get a proxy per profile or whatever to make it really convincing. Then you could use your tablet and phone for whatever you want (except those accounts) and manage it all from your laptop. Hope this helps.
If you’re using the same proxy for each device, Google might still recognize connections between them through shared cookies, device fingerprints, and similar browsing patterns. To avoid this, use an antidetect browser like Multilogin or Kameleo, which lets you assign unique fingerprints and user-agent profiles to each account. This setup makes each device and account appear as if it’s coming from a distinct environment, reducing Google’s ability to link them, even over the same proxy.
Proxies alone mask your IP, but they don’t completely separate each device if Google detects similar fingerprints or shared data. Antidetect browsers can create unique profiles with individualized fingerprints, which helps avoid linking based on browser data.
Configuring each account with unique fingerprints, combined with rotating proxies, should make each device look independent to Google, reducing the risk of Google identifying that the devices are on the same network.
@StrawberrySax Sorry I think you’re a bit mistaken when you say that Google might recognize shared cookies and device fingerprints if all the devices are using the same proxy. Unless the user is connecting to the same accounts on different devices then maybe but if its a different device with a different account, neither the fingerprint nor the cookies would be the same. The proxy wont leak them.
If they use different devices and different accounts then they probably will just need the proxy to show them in different locations, rather than as a way to not connect the accounts or devices together.