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Couldn't they somejow just correlate that info and know that its you watching the video. I feel like its futile...

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[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It depends who you are trying to hide from. A VPN will hide your internet traffic from your ISP/phone company, but obviously not from the site you are visiting.

At best you might be one of may people connecting from the same (VPN) IP address, but they can still collect info from your browser/app etc to generate points to ID you if they want.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I want to watch Youtube videos without Google knowing that it was me

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