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how do you get google to stop tracking you even after you tried everything? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by 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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[–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago (6 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)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    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.

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