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Google already saw you here before clicking, because of the embedded video frame. Your browser went and fetched the video preview image from youtube-nocookie.com, showing your IP address and browser fingerprint to Google, unless you have a blocker in your browser so that the preview wasn't loaded.
That would be true, if I had not been using custom filters in ublock and extensions that automatically change youtube links to invidious when opened. But additionally, you are kind of making my point. Don't post clickbait about privacy and then have that clickbait link be one that invades ones privacy. It's a rude thing to do. Lots of people don't understand all the mechanisms that work behind the scenes to implement this kind of tracking and they may have clicked here to learn more, only to have been further exploited. So really this video should be on peertube. Since apparently that is too much to ask, at the very least drop an invidious link, or just don't post this shit at all.
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