(this is my first post im new) ive noticed something no one seems to have a problem with. do you have this problem to? am i just doing something wrong?
i use a privacy friendly browser plus a privacy friendly os and use fingerprint spoofer/blocker. i watch videos on invidious. i noticed that the “popular” tab shows videos related to videos i watched before. even if i clear my cookies, or change my idenity in (offiscial) tor browser i still get recommended related videos meaning no matter what i do google knows what i watch. whats worse, if i go on invidious on a totally different device with a normal broswer normal os, i get the same videos. meaning websites know what videos i watch across multiple sessions but also multiple devices. im sick of this. it feels like i’ve tried everything, sacrificed so much connivence but no results.
(this isn’t a question spefecifically about youtube google or invindious just how to get webisites to stop knowing everything i do across multiple identities and every device i use)
Things I tried
*Proton vpn+librewolf(max security according to settings)+nosircpt+Ublock(with the filters it comes with)+ officisal recommended invidious instances+Quad9 via settings
*Tails+Tor browser(max security settings apprentaly)+default bridge+no javascirpt+fingerprint spoofing estendsion+bluetooth disabled by tails+all the previous mentioned (exculding vpn i heard its risky)+invidious again (Tails doesn’t work well for me the police are not after me and it takes so long to start and presisent stoarage is annoying)
*Qubes+Whonix vm+Tor browser(max again)+no javascript (I love and hate qubes from my first impression it meets my security needs and you can run any os in a vm on it but i wish it just worked. theres a steep learning curve and my hardware isn’t the best for it)
No results on any of these just slower internet and some websites are broken. Its just like using a normal browser that tracks you but slow as a privacy one. im getting tired of this. i use all this super deep level paranoid overkill stufff and nothing happens. like im burning my house to get rid of a spider but the spider is still there
possible causes -google wireless access point (does qubes/whonix/tor NOT protect against this at all??) (also my family HATES any changes or mild inconveniences)
-i logged in to google without a vpn ONCE does this automatically doom you forever even if you change os and browser and device?
-hardware is framework laptop
for clairtiy
I am not
-a criminal -a journalist -a gooner -willing to go off grid in the woods
I am
-creeped out -tired -about to give up
My privacy goals
-be able to actually cut ties with my shadow profile and have websites not know everything ive done in my life -control what data brokers and compaines knsw -not have any website at all know every device i use -be able to use any network safely
I feel like giving up on privacy because nothing seems to work. the only results I get is slower more broken internet


1 does it work for pc?
2 does graphene on any phone other than google pixel?
3 does framework leak data?
4 does tails/qubes(whonix vm) not protect against this?
thanks for the commmenq
I dont have all the answers, but i do have some (bad news first)
https://eclypsium.com/blog/bombshell-the-signed-backdoor-hiding-in-plain-sight-on-framework-devices/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/computer-maker-framework-notifies-all-customers-of-a-data-breach/
You can try to eliminate all potential surfaces but it does get tedious. https://www.w3.org/TR/fingerprinting-guidance/
I know certain GPU are major identifiers. Which ones, i don’t know.
Even using qubes or whonix is not a failsafe. One wrong setting and all pretense of privacy and anonymity is gone.
Hell, it could even be the modem/router you use if it comes from an ISP.
thanks for the comment
1 how do i make it secure/private?
1 if not what repairable laptop should i use?
2 i know but i was expecting at least a little privacy. the first thing i did when i got it was go to invidous. no different results
3 family wont like it if router/modem breaks
4 i dont want to rely completely on having a safe network because i might go to a friends house and you can not reasonably expect all of your friends to even switch what browser they use so you cant expect them to switch their entire network you will just be bullied