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YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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How are they able to tell if you are in a different household ? If the user use different VPNs then it shouldn't be able to tell the different between that and being in different locations. So are they gathering internal network data, are they spying on the LAN and wifi ?
Your browser sends more data than you want it to. And if it's a specific app you're talking about, they can do whatever they want and spy you dry. There's a reason every shitty shit wants you to install their app instead of just using their fucking webpage, which already sucks enough.