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How could anyone find out which sites are you following using an RSS feed? And I mean in a broad way: can the site track you? Can ISP? Network managers?

Let's say you want to follow a bunch of political sites that you don't want to be easily attached to, is RSS a good way to do it? Are there extra precautions to take?

My first thought would be that it's the same as using any other browser, so not a great way to be private. Am I wrong?

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[-] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The answer is absolutely yes

Keep in mind that RSS is just some XML sent over HTTPS connection. For anyone outside, it will look like gibbirish, they can say you are requesting and getting some things from that particular site but not what it is.

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