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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?

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month 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.

[-] ramenu@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Why is it useless for YouTube?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Well, not useless per se, if you don't log in. But troublesome.

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