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yt: Which method is best for privacy? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by kairone@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Please rank these methods from best to least

  • Invidious
  • NewPipe
  • YoutubeRevanced
  • ytlocal
  • Downloading with yt-dlp
  • Using user script to play in local player
  • Playing in local player (eg mpv )
  • Watching in TOR

Feel free to add other methods to the list or group some

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[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Tor. I know that is not a list, but all other options provide the most important metadata anyway (what you watch, when you watch, where you watch). If you use invidious, you are just giving you data to them instead, which COULD have security implications.

An interesting idea would be to have a script that is always watching unrelated videos. Poisoning the well.