Yes. They do. Not by name, but by your fingerprint.
Devjavu
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Also, just because a VPN is paid for does not mean it is secure. Look into Mullvad and as a second option Proton VPN, if you have not already.
Well to cut it short, Incognito mode often just means that your own device will not remember anything. Meaning your keyboard does not log your keystrokes, your browser does not save your searches etc. Even if this was compeletely true 100% of the time (which it is not, example, you copy or download something), then the websites you visit would still have your device's fingerprint, so a VPN connection won't do much. It is better to use a privacy-oriented browser like Mull. If you want to, you can add incognito mode ON TOP, which on Firefox and therefore Mull is called private browsing mode. Do keep in mind, that it is hard enough to have a non-unique fingerprint. This only gets amplified on mobile devices, at least speaking for Android. IOS is out of the window by default lmao.
Hey man didn't mean to make you feel down. Incognito mode is just the wrong tool for the job.
Alright, just checking.
Simple. Do not use Roku. If you use a Roku, you should not really worry about Youtube, as Roku is no better and probably still just sells to Google. If you have no other choice, then you may access a piped server over it's web interface. This one is from a guy named kavin. Other than that, I am not really sure if there is a client for Roku.
My brother. Use Piped.
You are aware that they do not need to save the data to your device to track you, right?
"Any popular browser in incognito mode" is probably the worst advice I've ever heard.
You know, I don't know if you are trying to be annoying or if you truly do not know. Here is a wikipedia link for topic of device fingerprints: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint
Here is the Tor project's take on it: https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead/
And here is an overview of the browsers which are best at preventing fingerprinting for desktop: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/
The privacyguides website is generally a good resource. Sometimes, rarely, lacks a little behind in the latest and greatest. It's not primarily a site for news anyways.
One part of your browser's fingerprint that I find quite interesting and is easy to understand is it's resolution. Your browser displays websites in a set resolution, say 1080x1920. This resolution is dependent of your screen's resolution, the window size of the browser and generally everything that changes the shape anf size of the website. Firefox does not protect here, old man.