Using Chrome and a VPN together? Will I still be trackable?

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Google hasn’t been too shy when it comes to collecting data on us when we use their services. But when I first started looking into VPN’s, I couldn’t help but wonder, could I still be trackable if I used a VPN service with (Google) Chrome?


**More details on what steps I would take for this scenario:**

- I log out of all Chrome services completely (Gmail, Google Drive, etc), including the browser, making me seem like a guest user
- Disabling Javascript, location, and plugins *(in the browser settings)*
- Turn on "Block Ads" option *(in the browser settings)*
- Turn on "Do Not Track" option *(in the browser settings)*
- Turn on "Block sites from setting any (cookie) data" *(in the browser settings)*
- Turn on "Block third-party cookies and site data" *(in the browser settings)*
- Delete all extensions (*unless* they are useful to me in this situation)
- Going into Incognito mode
- Then use a paid VPN service on top of that (For the sake of the argument, let's say IVPN. It was the first one I came to know about when I first started to look into VPN's)

After taking all these steps, could I still be tracked by Google/NSA? (My IP address, them knowing my browsing activity, sites I visit, etc)

Again, this is a curiosity based question that came to my mind when I first found out what VPN’s were and what they did.

What would happen if you put the one extreme of spying essentially (Google/NSA) with the other extreme of anonymity (VPN’s)?

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Just keep in mind that you are trying this using software written by an advertising company. It might be good to paise amd review other browsers before spending too much effort.

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could I still be tracked by NSA?

Um, yes. Yes you can. Very easily so.

To investigate whether you are leaking your IP in general you can try poking around on these sites:

https://www.doileak.com/

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VPNs aren’t anonymous they’re just pseudonymous. The VPN provider knows what sites/servers you visit. So therefore you require trust in them to disregard the information, so if they don’t…

To he truly anonymous you need multiple hops. Using TOR or I2P would actually make you anonymous because here no one party knows both who you are and what you visit.

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Yes they will track you still if you do very bad things that is serious (threatening, child pornography, illegal trading, big plan involving murder, terrorist plan, stealing etc).

You can not be invisible, you can just make it harder to track you, thats it! Dont do bad stuffs that wont be skipped, if its serious law break, you can expect federals in front of ur door.

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I like to think my torrenting of tv shows isnt a serious enough threat to waste law enforcment’s time…