Advice Request How to watch YouTube without being tracked by Google?

[Ink]

Yes I've read this blog about avira BS too. I don't know what kind of suspicious request he was looking for with fiddler, but, to do its job, Avira need to know the domain you are requesting.

If I recall, at the time, Avast bundled their SafePrice with Online Security (extension). This was the same service Avira used for their Price Comparison, which is currently included in Avira Browser Safety.
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[lab34]

Yes you're right Spawn. You can disabling Price Comparison at installation in Avira BS.

 

[HarborFront]

Noticed you don't have a Security Config thread, what Antivirus do you use?

Have but some time back. No updating that's all.

I'm using default Windows Defender and Crystal Security with this tablet I'm posting

 

[HarborFront]

If I recall, at the time, Avast bundled their SafePrice with Online Security (extension). This was the same service Avira used for their Price Comparison, which is currently included in Avira Browser Safety.
Related Article by HTG: Avast Antivirus Was Spying On You with Adware (Until This Week)
Avast's Response: Avast Antivirus Was Spying On You with Adware (Until This Week)

New Avira Browser Safety has NO Pricing thingy

 

[lab34]

Thank you, I was searching on all my browser and did not retrieve this damn thing. I was sure I had seen it before. (before=last week)

 

[HarborFront]

You could always use Tor or I2P to browse Youtube. I haven't used either for a good number of years so I can't tell you if Youtube will work on either service nowadays. Still might be worth a shot.

I believe Tor and I2P are good for net anonymity(IP hiding). I also know Tor uses only 1 or 2 extensions only but browser tracking can be done in many ways and fingerprinting is one of them independent of your IP address

Not so sure how effective Tor/I2P is against fingerprinting

 

[Arequire]

Not so sure how effective Tor/I2P is against fingerprinting

The Tor Browser's configured in a way that every user of the browser has an identical fingerprint.

 

[HarborFront]

The Tor Browser's configured in a way that every user of the browser has an identical fingerprint.

Just to share. Here are some info of Tor against fingerprinting

How well Tor protects against fingerprinting?

I tried Tor before but it's damn slooooooow.........

 

[Arequire]

I tried Tor before but it's damn slooooooow.........

Yeah, I attempted to use it for a while for daily browsing after the Snowden leaks came out. Let's just say it wasn't a pleasant experience.

 

[lab34]

Same for me, I've tried one year ago and remember it was super slow. I thought I were back in the 56k era...

 

[Winter Soldier]

There are many reasons why Tor is slower than a normal connection. One of these relates to the structure of the network: the traffic hops from one node to another one and the delays add up..
It is the price to pay to obtain the anonymity

 

[HarborFront]

There are many reasons why Tor is slower than a normal connection. One of these relates to the structure of the network: the traffic hops from one node to another one and the delays add up..
It is the price to pay to obtain the anonymity

Agreed. Better to use Double Hop VPN which is faster and some VPN also come with anti-fingerprinting features

 

[Danielx64]

Not sure if covered but having ADguard installed at the system can help you from being tracked as well.

 

[HarborFront]

For those who want to see what fingerprints are on the webpage you can read and use Chameleon as a chrome extension below

Chameleon highlights and protects you from browser fingerprinting in Chrome - gHacks Tech News

GitHub - ghostwords/chameleon: Browser fingerprinting protection for everybody.

and the new ScriptSafe has fingerprint protection features

Edit - You can test whether Chameleon is working or not here. If you use any canvas blocker extension then the counter will not show up on Chameleon

Am I unique?

 

[Ink]

New Avira Browser Safety has NO Pricing thingy

Which version are you using? Are you a beta tester for Avira?

Last I checked, they did have Price Comparison (Why you don't need Avira Browser Safety), posted April 2nd.

 

[Arequire]

New Avira Browser Safety has NO Pricing thingy

Which version are you using? Are you a beta tester for Avira?

Last I checked, they did have Price Comparison (Why you don't need Avira Browser Safety), posted April 2nd.

The Firefox version of Avira Browser Safety includes price comparison while Chrome's version does not. There's a separate extension for Chrome that includes all ABS's features with price comparison included.

 

[lab34]

Which version are you using? Are you a beta tester for Avira?

Last I checked, they did have Price Comparison (Why you don't need Avira Browser Safety), posted April 2nd.

I see ! The price thing is on the FF version, and not on the Chrome version !

EDIT: I've been burned by Arequire

 

[Ink]

The Firefox version of Avira Browser Safety includes price comparison while Chrome's version does not. There's a separate extension for Chrome that includes all ABS's features with price comparison included.

It's because of Google, which is why SafePrice was removed from Avast Online Security, good to see Avira was forced to do the same.

OP is vague on the details.

 

[HarborFront]

For Chrome there are 2 versions

Avira Browser Safety - No Pricing Comparison
Avira Safe Shopping - Come with Pricing Comparison

 

[lab34]

What convinced me to use Avira Browser Safety, is this post by @Evjl's Rain :
Video Review - uBlock Origin Test