Captante
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Can't be solely by account, because I've never had a YouTube account (and only for a short while had a Gmail account), but YouTube definitely makes recommendations based on previous viewings (at the moment it's all "maritime disasters"!).
I discovered long ago that it wasn't by cookies either (as deleting them made no difference), and somewhere heard that it's actually by IP address, which is the only other explanation sans either an account or cookies.
I daresay if you actually have an account, it goes by that. But otherwise it seems they track your IP address.
Captante
Lifer
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YT absolutely does use IP's and browser-history to track you .... AND anything else they can get their grimey mitts on! 
(they can just track you WAY better with you signed in to your account too!)
I've simply decided to welcome Big-Brother into my life and embrace dystopia ... you CAN'T beat them so might as well join them!
(they can just track you WAY better with you signed in to your account too!)I've simply decided to welcome Big-Brother into my life and embrace dystopia ... you CAN'T beat them so might as well join them!
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kage69
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Well I guess in a way I'm glad they do? I got a good laugh out of all of this and now I know about a great Xmas gift idea. There are several others too. This is the positive outcome I needed for this depressing ass thread
Obligatory Sorry OP! No more unrelated posts from me promise.
Obligatory Sorry OP! No more unrelated posts from me promise.
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IronWing
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Heartbreaker
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I just did a test. I have watched an insane amount of Sub videos this week in my browser.
I fired up MS Edge, which I don't actually use and it's not associated to an account and will have no youtube cookies. clicked on Youtube, and went to a video that had nothing to do with subs. It was a trailer for the Netflix show Witcher.
I checked the recommended videos. The first 30 were all related to that one click. All movie/Tv related.
The first non related one was a sports channel called "Bleacher Report" with some basketball content, Which I have never been to before, and I have ZERO interest in Basketball, and then it returns to movie/TV traillers.
Basically it only recommended based on that one click and nothing else. It has nothing to go on.
Furthermore, this says it bases recommendations on your account, and on cookies when not signed in:
Sick of Irrelevant YouTube Recommendations? Here's What You Need to Do
Here's how to reset, improve, and remove YouTube's recommendations, so you see videos that are more relevant to your interests across the service.
www.makeuseof.com
Though in this specific case. The "What is Female Eja..." video is the same channel as the Sub video, and it's the source of the recommendation.
zinfamous
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zinfamous
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um.
....did you tell your son that he just missed a golden opportunity? Kids these days....the way we had to figure out things before the internet existed.
Captante
Lifer
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Just install a random "new-to-you" browser ... doesn't matter much which one. (I suggest Vivaldi)
Don't import or sign into anything just go straight to Youtube .... you most likely won't recognize it compared to your primary account home page.
HOWEVER there will still be some tracking going on unless as I mentioned previously you use a good VPN too.
Don't import or sign into anything just go straight to Youtube .... you most likely won't recognize it compared to your primary account home page.
HOWEVER there will still be some tracking going on unless as I mentioned previously you use a good VPN too.
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Drach
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This is the best explanation of what happened so far. I was also wondering about the human remains. Well, it's good they didn't even feel it, but it's kinda scary to die in such an instant way
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Heartbreaker
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Exactly. It was a horror show just thinking of them potentially sitting trapped on the bottom with no running water or bathroom facilities(surrounded by your own wastes), declining oxygen and sinking temperatures... It's like slowly suffocating in an outhouse with no way out.
I was relieved when I heard they basically imploded right away when they lost contact.
Lost_in_the_HTTP
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Lost_in_the_HTTP
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skyking
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Antarctica? Middle of the arctic sea? The coast guard goes all over.
Heartbreaker
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It's in international waters.
But it's a US based company and people died so some US branch is going to look into it.
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Lost_in_the_HTTP
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skyking
Lifer
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The Navy is the military arm. Do you suspect armed combatants attacked the sub?
Which foreign government were they working for?
Which foreign government were they working for?
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