Can you use #youTube anonymously ?
How ? #askNostr
And if you are anonymous ..how can #google possibly have your email ?
Discussion
Yeah newpipe is anonymous atlest it does not require logins email and such.
Just use Tor and a
FOSS client
If you are simply talking about use, NewPipe is your friend. If you're talking about having an actual account to post comments and content, you can try an anonymous Proton or proxy email address and use a VPN whenever you log in. But I have never had a YouTube account so I'm not sure what other info they may ask for.
Sorry for being vague 🙏
My question is if I am on a Browser without a Google account .. and I see videos on YouTube.com ( without logging in ) , can google know my email address .. and is it vulnerable to any attacks ?
I understand that I will not be able to have features like comments or history etc !
My guess is no, but others on here are likely much more competent than I am in knowing what kind of info Google can extract from you just by clicking a link or watching an embedded video. At the very least they collect your IP and track your internet activity even after you have closed a video or page with an embedded video (which is where browser anti-tracking plugins can be helpful).
I don't believe they can access your email, but they can track what you do on that browser (from what I heard from Rob Braxman on Odysee.com). It is best to use one browser for all google related activities and use a different browser for all of your other stuff to make sure they can't track your activities and associate it with you somehow.