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?
9 Comments
catloaf@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Privacy from...?
goofus@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1y
The biggest issue would be YouTube fingerprinting my RSS browser. But I am trying to learn about privacy, so I don't know anything.
bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net · 6 pts · 1y
ramenu@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I suggest getting RSS feeds from your subscriptions from Invidious. This way you won't directly connect to Google's servers.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 212d
I know this is an old post, but what RSS feeder is privacy friendly for Android. I'm looking in Fdroid.
skrlet13@feddit.cl · 1 pts · 1y
Check for protections for Youtube, RSS itself is privacy-friendly.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
Why is it useless for YouTube?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Well, not useless per se, if you don't log in. But troublesome.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
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.