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Well, I don't know if there's any way to be absolutely anonymous on the internet. It seems to me that there's still good reason to prefer using invidious on an
by knightoffaith 3y ago
Well, I don't know if there's any way to be absolutely anonymous on the internet.
It seems to me that there's still good reason to prefer using invidious on an instance used by many people as opposed to youtube directly. Can't make perfect the enemy of the good.
- tredre3 3y agoCan't make perfect the enemy of the good. It's fine to recommend invidious as a safety against what happened in the article. But you should also point out that, by default, the videos are still served by Google and they see (and log) your view. https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-shared-with-youtube https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-shared-with-yo... Plus of course https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-collected-by-invidious https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-collected-by-i...
- knightoffaith 3y agoYep, you're right, thank you. Definitely be sure to check "proxy videos" in preferences. An aside on invidious collecting data - I am a lot more comfortable with some random guy in Europe having my data than Google.