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Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml )  to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Well, I cannot bypass Youtube's age restriction anymore without either taking a selfie or showing an ID or giving my credit card number

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Well, I cannot bypass Youtube's age restriction anymore without either taking a selfie or showing an ID or giving my credit card number

Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml )  to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago
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  • Seefra 1 ( sefra1@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Last time a fake id worked, just searched for an id sample online and gimped it to match the name and the date on the google acc.

    Didn’t even have to change the default photo.

    This was some years ago, idk if it still works tho.

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      Might have to do that

  • Niquarl ( Niquarl@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Wasn’t there a website where you could get ai photos and videos for this?

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      Is there? I have no idea

      • cosmolotte ( cosmolotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/en

  • Steve ( Steve@communick.news ) 
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    Credit card is the best of the options. There are all sorts of strict rules and restrictions about how companies store and use credit card information. Those rules don’t exist for the other options.

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      I don’t want to give any of my info to Google though

      • Steve ( Steve@communick.news ) 
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        Compromise is always the game.
        You either comprise by not using YouTube anymore, or you compromise by giving them the most tightly restricted information they’ll accept.

        You’ll never have perfect privacy. I guarentee Google already has a supressing amount of info on you. At least this is officially protected. Once you give the card as proof, you can probably delete it from their saved data. And they have to honor that, both by law and contracts with Visa etc.

        • sneaky ( sneaky@r.nf ) 
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          That’s full identity verification giving them a credit card. They may be required to delete the card, but they aren’t going to be required to delete a record that says we confirmed the identity of this account with a credit card on this date. If you don’t want your name and social security number tied to your google account don’t give them your credit card.

          Frankly though, we all know google is the worst of the worst for privacy. Bypassing the age verification will only by OP time.

        • PMmeTrebuchets ( PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip ) 
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          You’re right but people don’t want to acknowledge it.

        • FosterMolasses ( FosterMolasses@leminal.space ) 
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          Do not listen to this guy.

          You’re literally in Gestapo times and talking about “compromising” sensitive personal information, like they wouldn’t be able to track you down in an instant with a few breadcrumbs.

          • Steve ( Steve@communick.news ) 
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            Well yah. I mentioned not using YouTube anymore. That’s a viable option.
            So is moving to the wilderness somewhere, and living off the grid.
            Or to a poor country where it’s isn’t financially worthwhile to for companies to track everyone.

  • ThunderComplex ( ThunderComplex@lemmy.today ) 
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    There’s a user script for this that I hope works for you: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/521089-youtube-age-restriction-bypass-stealth-version

  • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Why would you want to?

    • mub ( mub@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Assume he is an adult. Explain why he should.

      • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Should what? I didn’t say he should anything…?

        • mub ( mub@lemmy.ml ) 
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          The same question could be asked of your original comment. Go ahead and expand on what you meant by “why would he want to?”, then I’ll explain what I meant by my reply.

          • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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            I don’t debate with children or trolls - pick your category - I don’t care. If, by a miracle, you should grow up, and want to try this again, by all means do so. Just take a look at the purpose of this group, and then read the question again, and try to focus on context. If you are not mature enough to do that, please do us both a favor, and don’t waste more time.

            • mub ( mub@lemmy.ml ) 
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              Ok. So you asked a question. I asked Question. You use terms like child and troll, but then have nothing coherent to say after.

              Happy to start again. Do you think OP should prove his age or should not?

              • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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                I doesn’t matter what I think. I ask why he would. My preferences is not important here/yet…

                • mub ( mub@lemmy.ml ) 
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                  Feels like the answer is obvious. Your question suggests you think he shouldn’t try to avoid the age check.

            • sneaky ( sneaky@r.nf ) 
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              Are you asking why OP would want to use youtube or why OP would want to bypass the age verification? From context seems like it could be either of those.

              • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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                Yes, it could be both… But now this post is about bypassing the age verification, right? So the logical assumption would be, that it’s what I’m commenting on…

                In a group about not using google, the other question should be asked too…

                • sneaky ( sneaky@r.nf ) 
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                  The other question could also be asked. So while you see it as “the logical assumption” there were other options. I’m sure you can see where the miscommunication happened. Hope it helps you in the future

  • Goodlucksil ( Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Have you tried mirrors?

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      It doesn’t work for age restricted videos

      • Goodlucksil ( Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        No, I mean people who post youtube videos to other platforms.

  • FosterMolasses ( FosterMolasses@leminal.space ) 
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    Tampermonkey extension still works for me to unlock age-restricted videos. Is it having issues for you?

    If you don’t have it, check out these two links:

    https://greasyfork.org/en/help/installing-user-scripts

    https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/521089-youtube-age-restriction-bypass-stealth-version

    It’s got instructions for nearly every browser. Once you have the extension you can install whichever scripts you like. I mostly use it for verification bypass but there’s a lot of other cool stuff you can do too.

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      This didn’t work

  • ScoffingLizard ( ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    In what country?

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      The land of imperialism

  • rose56 ( roserose56@lemmy.zip ) 
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    For me what worked is restating the router. I read that you use VPN, so I don’t know I it will work.

  • Twongo [she/her] ( Twongo@lemmy.ml ) 
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    if all fails i can highly recommend invidious. you can also import your youtube subscriptions

    good luck OP

    EDIT: yea… age restricted videos are off the table though.

  • turtl ( turtl@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Can you try to make a new account? Or use any of the YouTube frontends?

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      I tried, but it doesn’t work for age restricted videos. I tend to use Freetube whenever possible, and only swap to other options when I am forced for age restriction.

  • djsoren19 ( djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Can’t you use a VPN and route your traffic outside of your country?

    • Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      I am on VPN 24/7 changing countries made no difference

      • myszka ( myszka@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Do you use your google acccount? If so, try without it You can use newpipe or invidious btw

  • PearOfJudes ( PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml ) 
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    How did you do it before?

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