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how do you get google to stop tracking you even after you tried everything? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago by lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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(this isnt a question about how to make invidious more secure/private i just want google to stop knowing everything i do and every device i have) I like watching youtube videos. I hate google. I try invidious. It's pretty cool.

I watch the videos I like on it. But I get suspicous. The channels I wacth even after I change my Ip, clear my cookies, change my tor circuts, even change my entire os to something real private like tails or qubes with whonix , ARE STILL RECOMMENDED TO ME. So I do a test. I watch channels I don't like. There it is. I feel like google is laughing in my face

Whats worse, I went on a different device and the same videos are there :(.

ive tried vpns, tor, tails, whonix in qubes, quad9, and nothing works. what do i do now?

(im not concerned about youtube synching reccomendations im concerned about google knowing what i like, and what devices i have no matter what tools i use)

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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hm I don't understand how they are tracking you in this case. I'm gonna ask a question that may seem stupid, but since you didn't mention it, you aren't logged into google/youtube are you?

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

no never (i logged in ONCE on linux mint without a vpn on librewolf and ive changed my os to tails but i dont know if logging in with no vpn makes you have a magical undefeatable virus that you cant detect or remove)

(i think i would like qubes better if it was easier to learn tails isnt for me since the police arent after me, i dont live in a dangerous area, and my parents are nice. i dont need psychical protection as much as remote protection)

(cool username btw)

[–] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Think beyond the OS/browser. Machines on your local network that ping or access Google could be used to create a identifiable signature. Then they know the whole subnet "fingerprint". New machine, new OS, new browser, same local network, same suggestions.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah but OP says they're on VPN so this threat is eliminated

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The code for the sites run on a client machine within the network regardless of VPN. Fingerprinting happens on the client machine no matter what, and most public VPN services allow local routing as far as I know.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

If you disable local routing then it shouldn't be an issue. You could test this by pinging local machines

[–] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah you're right. That's what I get for skimming.

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

honesty is cool 👍