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Old 02-11-2016, 03:05 AM   #1
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Youtube playlist knows my trends even in Mint live trial before install, how so?


Good day, I am trialing Mint and have not yet installed it to HDD and yet when I look up youtube, my typical play lists come up anyway. How does this work, no cookies, how does youtube know?
 
Old 02-11-2016, 03:21 AM   #2
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Google owns youtube, and you too...

They probably know the color of your socks, but only a wacko would think this raises privacy concerns...

Actually, probably by your IP address, maybe other ISP metrics.
 
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Old 02-11-2016, 08:27 AM   #3
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Logins.
 
Old 02-11-2016, 08:38 AM   #4
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I did not login to youtube, but I did login to gmail.

Last edited by Novatian; 02-11-2016 at 08:55 AM.
 
Old 02-11-2016, 10:29 AM   #5
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IP? Same as Geo-Tracking...
 
Old 02-13-2016, 10:46 AM   #6
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Quote:
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I did not login to youtube, but I did login to gmail.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/69961?hl=en

Google/Gmail products when you login. I own a chromebook so I know a little bit about these things.

http://www.google.com/about/products/

So no mystery. Just the way things work now a days.
 
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IP address.
same internet connection = same user (most likely).
 
  


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