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This is just my thought, but since you're still using youtube under the hood, Google still can link you to thr other data thats already been tracked before in their database, like how Google can still know it you even after you factory reset on stock ROM android
idk i see criminals use things privately so easily and not be tracked and im not a criminal but i want that too (i am live in usa so if the laws get any worse i might be a criminal)
( im using the word criminal as someone who has broken the law not someone who is morally wrong)
Nah, there's no way you can do "leave no traces behind" like in real life, not even the greatest cyber criminal can, whatever you do, you still leaving traces, the reason why they so hard to track is because the "traces" they left is separated and have no link to anyone, nor anything, and that's i think it call anonymity, which is really hard to achieve, at least in the big 2026
dont want perfection just want it to be difficult for trackers. they have a lot and i dont like it.
the kind of privacy i want is when i clear my cookies or change my ip etc, the website should think im a different person not know its me even if i change the device im using
example of what im not looking for
user redacted looked at topic redacted and topic redacted 2 at redacted time and has fingerprint redacted (fingerprint blocking)
example of what i AM looking for
user A looked at topic A at time A and has fingerprint A. then i change my idenity. user B looked at topic B and time B and has fingerprint B (spoofing that actually works)
I'm not as good as you so i can't give you better solutions, but, just so you know, you're still more private than a lot of people, me included, you dont have to feel bad, you did a lot of progress there
thanks for the reassurance ik im more private than your average joe but it is really sad when i get a thing that promises ill be safer from google but i go back to google and they still know its me. have a good night/day friend )