@newpipe

How anonymous is Newpipe?
I only use Newpipe with a Anonymous VPN. (Mullvad/Proton)
Is google still able to make a big profile about me?
Does Newpipe clear cookies so that if you restart you have a completely new session?
Is there something like fingerprinting in Newpipe? For example the Language or Settings in Newpipe?

The most anonymous way to watch YouTube is using Tor and Invidious.

I think that Newpipe is way better then directly YouTube, but google will still almost completely track you even when using a VPN.

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  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
    4·
    10 months ago

    IIRC NewPipe just scrapes the YT website, it doesn’t persist Youtube-specific cookies between interfaces and actions. It’s doing the equivalent of performing each action in a blank slate incognito/private window AFAIK.

    Only cookies I’ve seen discussed are recaptcha cookies, which can be cleared in the settings (Settings -> History and Cache -> Clear recapcha cookies) however no cookies of this type are stored unless you have actually solved a captcha in NewPipe

  • Atemu
    1·
    10 months ago

    How anonymous is Newpipe?

    Not anonymous.

    Anonymous VPN

    VPN proxies aren’t really anonymous.

    Is google still able to make a big profile about me?

    If you do anything at all with Google’s servers, they can create a profile on you. Usage patterns are pretty damn good identifiers.

    Does Newpipe clear cookies so that if you restart you have a completely new session?

    I don’t know about general cookies/session info but NP stores reCAPTCHA cookies and you will run into those if you use proxies.

    Is there something like fingerprinting in Newpipe? For example the Language or Settings in Newpipe?

    NewPipe itself does not fingerprint you.

    Google will do everything they can to fingerprint, track or otherwise invade your privacy without explicit consent, no matter what front-end you use.