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How Long Do Cam Sites Keep Cookies? Six Platforms Compared
All six cam sites reviewed set or document persistent cookies that can remain on your device for weeks to years. CamsNerd compared their policies with passive HTTP observations; the longest cookie observed was roughly 2.7 years.
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What Does a Cam Site Know About You Before You Create an Account?
Before you register, all six cam sites reviewed collect your IP address, browser or device data, and cookies. Here is what their public policies say about anonymous visitors and retention.
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Can Cam Models See Your IP Address or Location?
On major cam platforms, no policy or documented mechanism was found that grants models access to viewer IP addresses. Models see your username, tips, and chat messages. Here’s what the architecture evidence shows and where the real risks actually are.
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Incognito Mode vs VPN vs Ad Blocker on Cam Sites
Three tools, three different jobs. Incognito mode clears local traces. A VPN hides your IP. An ad blocker suppresses third-party trackers. None of them make a logged-in account anonymous.
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What Happens When You Delete a Cam Account?
Deleting your account is not the same as erasing your data. All six platforms reviewed describe retaining some information after closure, including financial, fraud, verification or compliance records.
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Cam Site Account Security Compared: 2FA, Login Alerts and Recovery
We checked six major cam platforms’ public documentation for 2FA, login alerts, active-session controls, and account recovery. Only Chaturbate publicly documents a specific 2FA method. For most platforms, security features live behind login walls we couldn’t access without an account.
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Are Private Cam Shows, Chats, Microphones or Camera Feeds Recorded?
“Private” on cam sites means access-restricted, not unrecorded. Most platforms reserve the right to record or monitor private sessions for compliance. Here is what six major platforms’ terms actually say.
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Payment Privacy on Cam Sites: What They Store and Who Processes It
Major cam sites route payments through third-party processors. Three of the six platforms in this research explicitly address card storage; CAM4 is the only platform that publicly documents its billing descriptor as GRANITY ENTERTAINMENT. Here’s what the six platforms publicly state about their payment data practices.
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How Age Verification Works on Cam Platforms
Age verification on cam platforms runs on two separate tracks. Performers go through a real identity-verification process involving government ID, biometrics in some cases, and third-party processors. The viewer-side process is not described in any of the six platform policies reviewed. Here’s what six platforms document about the performer track, and where documentation runs out.
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How Live Cam Streaming Works: WebRTC, HLS, Latency and Browser Permissions
Cam streams don’t travel from performer to your browser directly. They move through platform servers first. That relay shapes latency, enables content monitoring, and explains why a camera permission prompt has nothing to do with passive viewing.