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I will only access youtube in ways that limit its tracking and anti-features. That means always using Tor and Youtube-dl/Invidious/Newpipe. Never use the offici
by cycloptic 7y ago
I will only access youtube in ways that limit its tracking and anti-features. That means always using Tor and Youtube-dl/Invidious/Newpipe. Never use the official frontend or any of the official apps.
- IAmGraydon 7y agoThen you may have noticed that you can’t access Google through Tor. They intentionally send you to a captcha you can never solve.
- cycloptic 7y agoNo, I've never noticed that. I don't try to access google or youtube directly through Tor. I just use those programs.
- lucb1e 7y agoWait, you can get around IP bans (Google certainly has a CAPTCHA on anyone trying to access Search from a Tor exit node IP address) by using a different client? Like, the check is client-side? That seems odd.
- Nextgrid 7y agoPresumably the captchas are only on the YouTube UI itself and not on the API endpoints that provide the data.
- cycloptic 7y agoPlease re-read my original post, it was about youtube, not search. But I don't think you can get around the Tor captcha on search, so at this time I would say avoid google search entirely if you care about not being tracked.
- AshwinDurairaj 7y agoAssuming Tor Browser, just change Tor circuit, ctrl+l (I believe), until you get one without captcha (works after 2-3 times usually). Only use Google search when absolutely necessary though.