I am starting to use a RSS feed (Akregator). I intend to use it to follow youtube channels, and try to learn what else it can do. What kind of privacy issues should I be aware of? Are there settings I can use to improve privacy? I use a vpn, is there something else I should do?

  • ramenu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    23 days ago

    I suggest getting RSS feeds from your subscriptions from Invidious. This way you won’t directly connect to Google’s servers.

    • goofus@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
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      24 days ago

      The biggest issue would be YouTube fingerprinting my RSS browser. But I am trying to learn about privacy, so I don’t know anything.

      • bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net
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        24 days ago

        I’d be pretty shocked if the ad networks that spy on all of us care about RSS. You’re going to look like a bot, noise they actively try to ignore. The relevant piece of data to them would be a clickthru to the website (which they would then probably care about attributing to RSS)

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    24 days ago

    About the VPN, if you do it for privacy, it’s almost useless for Youtube and you trust your browsing history to the VPN provider.