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Re: YouTube : "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot"??

From wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general, alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: YouTube : "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot"??
Date 2025-08-25 09:41 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 24/08/2025 19:44, Marion wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:31:04 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
> 
> 
>>> The problem that caused YouTube to be an issue wasn't that lack of ads but
>>> the fact that it required people to log in to prove that they're not a bot.
>>
>> I don't have that problem either.
> 
> I'm curious what happens if you're NOT logged into YouTube, and if you use
> a *different* web browser than you normally use (so cookies aren't used).
> 
> Say, oh, MullVad or LibreFox Mozilla-based web browsers.
> Or, say, oh, Brave or Ungoogled Chromium chrome-based web browsers.
> 
> Given my German and Slavic heritage, I watch "adult" war channels, which,
> apparently due to Russian bot interference, are stricter than most on bots.
> 
> These "adult" channels I watch daily, for example, think I'm a bot:
>   <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=denys+davydov>
>   <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rfu+ukraine>
> 
> I can trick the algorithm, but if I do nothing, they think I'm a bot.
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/rpyFGJx9/Clipboard-08-19-2025-01.jpg> You're unique
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/8cv1kngT/Clipboard-08-19-2025-02.jpg> YT search
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/ry4crb7k/Clipboard-08-19-2025-03.jpg> YT channel
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/3wWQJb2z/Clipboard-08-19-2025-04.jpg> You're a bot!
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/YqcrDkQ0/Clipboard-08-19-2025-05.jpg> Modify bits
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/9fxXL7BH/Clipboard-08-19-2025-06.jpg> You're unique
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/QC2R6XP3/Clipboard-08-19-2025-07.jpg> You're no bot
> 
> What's interesting is how Draconian the YouTube bot algorithm is, and yet,
> at the same time, how easy it is to trick it, simply because it's stupid.
> 

 From your link I watched
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QOd7C5iVg
with Mullvad browser (13.5.2 because my main OS is W8.1).
I got the normal pop-up asking me to sign in & accept/reject cookies, 
which I rejected.
Video started playing immediately. I only watched for about 20 seconds.


-- 
Regards
wasbit

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