On Thu, 6 May 2021 01:29:46 +0200 Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ouch! Yes, indeed! So designed aka desired by google to track and > display ads. I don't get that using NewPipe, and I hope not using mpv > + youtube-dl. Unless that technique somehow obfuscates your ip address, or you use a different ip address to watch youtube videos than anything else you do on the web, you are still subject to tracking. Google has observers on sites everywhere, and they all feed into the servers analyzing the data for linking information in order to serve ads. I think the usual way to do what you want is to use a vpn or tor, so that the ip address you originate from isn't known to the site you are visiting. A poor man's way of doing this is to use a separate profile for youtube in firefox, and reset your isp connection to get a new ip address, before and after using youtube with that profile. This assumes that your isp randomly assigns ip addresses on each connection (mine does), and that you use plugins to protect your browser sessions from easy tracking. Not foolproof, but makes you higher hanging fruit. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
