YouTube

Ghj456

I am somewhat familiar with how organisations can track you when it comes to using a browser such as cookies, DNS requests, IP address, browser fingerprint.

When it comes to apps, I have no clue.

Basically, I have been using a frontend YouTube app called New Pipe. (I believe there is also one called Libretube). I run this app through Orbot.

With my lack of knowledge about how apps work, I am just assuming that this setup is enough to completely stop YouTube from knowing any information about me and tracking me. Am I correct?

Watching YouTube on Newpipe is very slow when running through Orbot. Also, Frontend YouTube apps like Newpipe do not seem to be able to search videos based on filters ( last hour, his week, this month etc). Is there a way to solve these 2 problems? Perhaps a front end app that masks your IP address from YouTube so I do not have to use Orbot and also allows me to search videos based on filters?

mythodical

Ghj456 I am just assuming that this setup is enough to completely stop YouTube from knowing any information about me and tracking me. Am I correct?

At most, YouTube would see your true IP address without the use of orbot or a VPN. Given that NewPipe doesn't provide a means to login to YouTube, there really isn't much else Google could obtain from NewPipe alone.

Obviously, if you access other logged-in Google services simultaneously with the same public-facing IP, such as Gmail, Google Photos, or Google Maps (to name just a few), then there's a much higher chance of your viewing history being associated to your identity.

Newpipe is very slow when running through Orbot. Also, Frontend YouTube apps like Newpipe do not seem to be able to search videos based on filters

A proper VPN would resolve the slowness without sacrificing the IP privacy. I don't believe that LibreTube has search filters either, so I am guessing that YouTube simply doesn't provide an API for this feature, perhaps to entice people to use the official frontend.