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Psylo Browser Launches to Combat Fingerprinting and Enhance User Privacy

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Psylo Browser Launches to Combat Fingerprinting and Enhance Privacy

Business Honor
24 June, 2025

Psylo, a new iOS browser, enhances user privacy by isolating tabs and blocking browser fingerprinting.

A fresh new iOS browser called Psylo has rolled out on Apple's App Store, offering unprecedented levels of protection and anonymity in the face of escalating fears over browser fingerprinting and web tracking. Created by software and security researchers from Canada, Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk, Psylo is intended to fight intrusive tracking methods commonly employed in web advertising.

What distinguishes Psylo is its per-tab isolation mode—referred to as "silos"—which brings special anti-fingerprinting techniques to bear on each browsing tab. This makes it impossible for websites to tell that various tabs are being used by the same user, thus preventing a very popular form of digital fingerprinting. Additional features such as canvas randomization, browser time zone spoofing, and language masking introduce layers of randomness, greatly improving user anonymity.

Psylo also falls back on its own Mysk Private Proxy Network to encrypt and reroute all user traffic. In contrast to regular VPNs that just hide IP addresses, Psylo also alters the underlying fingerprinting vectors, so user tracing becomes much more complicated. The browser strictly forbids plaintext HTTP traffic and mandates that all communication be carried out under TLS encryption, safeguarding users from man-in-the-middle attacks and survelliance.

Along with technical safeguards, Psylo is also a privacy-first company. It doesn't retain personally identifiable information, doesn't store browsing history, and uses randomized subscription identifiers, all managed completely by Apple. The only data kept is anonymized bandwidth usage, which is automatically purged after two months. Psylo's release coincides with recent scholarly research confirming that browser fingerprinting is actively employed in ad tracking, frequently evading regulation such as GDPR and CCPA. As digital privacy continues to be increasingly threatened, Psylo offers an intriguing new resource for those wishing stronger online protections, for $9.99/month or $99/year in the U.S.