Similarly. My browser was carefully containerized, with a ton of anti fingerprinting measures, VPN, Linux, Librewolf, everything. Even on my phone, I restricted whatever possible. Then one day I went to the YouTube main page, and I saw that Google somehow got to know that I played Minecraft again after a decade. I gave up right there. I suffered to avoid this, and it was pointless. I knew at that point already that probably all my PI is public information anyway, but I wanted to restrict whatever possible, and no, everybody sells my data anyway, and it seems that avoiding fingerprinting is impossible without turning off the internet completely, and ditching smart phones.

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neobrain 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Google somehow got to know that I played Minecraft again after a decade. [...] I knew at that point already that probably all my PI is public information anyway

How are you jumping from Minecraft (probably one of the most watchtime-generating content types out there) being displayed on your main page to… your personal information being known to everyone?

	▲	close04 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Your data is still out there, just compartmentalized so each outside party only has a bit. It turns out that's a losing strategy when each outside party decides to cooperate with every other and pool/share/sell that data uniquely attached to you.
	▲	yieldcrv 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		because it’s the same process of intermediaries accumulating, inferring and sharing data to each other intermediaries that will be compromised

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astura 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>My browser was carefully containerized, with a ton of anti fingerprinting measures, VPN, Linux, Librewolf, everything

Doesn't that just make your browser very unique?

	▲	slumberlust 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes. Its a fingerprinting paradox that the more you do to obfuscate the better they can pick you out of the crowd.
	▲	emj 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is unique in a new way every page view.

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sillyfluke 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>Then one day I went to the YouTube main page, and I saw that Google somehow got to know that I played Minecraft again after a decade

Did you play minecraft on the same network? If so, I'm not sure why the results are surprising or why it would negate all your efforts. If someone else played minecraft on your network you would also see a minecraft video on your main page I would imagine.

	▲	dmurray 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's worse. My family or housemates can infer what activity I've been up to online by watching their YouTube recommendations?