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submitted 11 months ago by Life_is_Beautiful@infosec.exchange to c/newpipe@lemmy.ml

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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 points 11 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