I clear all cache, cookies, history etc every time I close my browser. I have malware that blocks all trackers and in privacy badger I block every Google service.
Pretty simple to do.
“I have malware that blocks all trackers and in privacy badger I block every Google service.”
I do too. My Noscript blocks everything thrown at me by Youtube. But to load a Youtube page and have the video play you have to allow at least their one main JS script. This is when you are in trouble. This is where this script is coming from. So if you want to watch the video and have it play you are going to deal with this problem I am speaking of no matter what.
In all of this I am not thinking of myself, I am considering those who do not have the safeguards you and I have. The average user is a sitting duck. But it affects everyone, even with safeguards if you want to view the video you have to allow that JS. You are locked out until you do.
There is another factor you must have missed in my explanation. This is happening on the fly if you open youtube in a new tab while you are already in a previous tab. Please read it again. You cannot hit Youtube and prevent it from affecting your login on the other tab. So clearing cache is not practical if you are using both tabs at the same time. It jumps over into the site you are logged into with you such as trying to post a video here. You would have to copy the Youtube link, close your browser and clear your cache, then load your browser back up and paste that link in your post here. That is the only way you can keep it from gathering data from the other site you are logged in or logging into. You would have to clear your cache after each visit to Youtube and not log into any other sites at the same time.
Can you share the blockers you use, thks...