I methodically clear my cookies, site data and history on a daily basis, don't sign in to watch YouTube, and never click on this sort of bullshit.
That doesn't stop YouTube recommending an endless stream of GBN, Sky News Australia, and Piers Morgan/Nigel Farage/Neil Oliver type content in the hope that I accidentally start watching one.
I can only assume they think I'm the right sort of age for it.
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Thu 18 May 2023, 22:53,
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Clippy: "It looks like you are becoming a reactionary. Would you like me to show you some content to get angry about?"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 18 May 2023, 23:19,
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they will have your browser tracked by various bits of info
browser user agent info being one obvious one, but there's other stuff they can use to id you with a pretty high level of accuracy
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simbosan is too tired, Fri 19 May 2023, 8:53,
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A combination of the User-Agent string and your IP Address will usually pin the request down to an individual device. That would normally be all you'd need.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 19 May 2023, 13:30,
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Okay, but how has this told YouTube of my gammon-like qualities in order to tailor its video feed?
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 19 May 2023, 16:05,
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Hypothetically if you clicked on a link in Twitter or wherever to a GBeebies video on YouTube (or something the algorithm considers similar) then it will register that as you showing interest in that. You're not signed in and aren't curating what it shows you with their "Not Interested" or "Don't Recommend This Channel" functions, so all it has to go on are the visits to the video. It doesn't know why you've watched it either, so watching it to see what that braindead cunt said this time counts just the same as watching it because you believe in it.
It may not even be that you watch that sort of video, but based on the sort of video you do watch they can build up a profile and take a guess about what they think is likely to interest you based on what other people who watch those things also watch.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 19 May 2023, 17:26,
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It's not that clever then,
you'd think that me ignoring everything it shoves in my direction might encourage it to try shoving something a bit different.
A while back a colleague of mine told me I should watch everything while signed in, to better tailor the new material I get presented with. No ta, I think I'll keep scrolling past Jim Davidson's Meghan Opinions rather than give Google even more personal data to sell to advertisers.
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 19 May 2023, 19:33,
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Part of my data that google sells to advertisers
is the fact that I obsessively block all adverts and have never clicked through to buy anything, ever.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Fri 19 May 2023, 19:48,
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Soon the AI will know your deepest fears...
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Fri 19 May 2023, 15:52,
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Heights and deep water, okay Google? You can stop spying on me now.
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 19 May 2023, 19:35,
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It will get frightening when they know more about us than we do.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Fri 19 May 2023, 20:16,
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