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?

  • flatbield@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The big advantage of RSS and Youtube is you do not have to login to follow you channels. Your only touching what you need and soyour footprint is a lot smaller. I just started using RSS for youtube a few months ago and like it much better.

  • ramenu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I suggest getting RSS feeds from your subscriptions from Invidious. This way you won’t directly connect to Google’s servers.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Title, quick summary and image URL are in the RSS/Atom file itself (a XML file), everything more is done by the app parsing the webpage. But i think there’s no problem with privacy.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    8 months 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.