How do YouTube recommendations identify my Firefox?
The story is when I accidentally clicked on a sick video, YouTube start to recommend me similar sick videos.
So my question is how does YouTube get my identity?
I'm not logged in. my profile is actually a snapshot, so when I restart Firefox, it go back to the snapshot. I even restarted my ISP router to get a new IP address. This did not work.
Only when I create a new profile with "firefox -P" does YouTube start to see me as a new person.
So how does YouTube identify my Firefox profile? I don't think it's in the https request headers. Weird.
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Keazen oplossing
Hi
I think that what you are seeing is the effect of "cookies" - small files that hold preferences and site information. When you go back to a website, these files are referenced and lead to what you are experiencing.
I suggest that you have a read of this support article that will walk you through how to clear these files:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Please make sure that you have website login details as clearing cookies can lead to you being logged out of websites.
I hope that this helps.
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Keazen oplossing
Hi
I think that what you are seeing is the effect of "cookies" - small files that hold preferences and site information. When you go back to a website, these files are referenced and lead to what you are experiencing.
I suggest that you have a read of this support article that will walk you through how to clear these files:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Please make sure that you have website login details as clearing cookies can lead to you being logged out of websites.
I hope that this helps.
Okay I see it's cookies. I got the cookie before profile snapshot, so it looks persistence for me. Thank you.
Jo moatte jo oanmelde by jo account om op berjochten te antwurdzjen. Stel in nije fraach as jo noch gjin account hawwe.