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Re: Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube

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Altruistically, it trains users that it is ok, which it isn't. Selfishly, the author really does not want to be storing or even handling these kinds of credentials. It makes them a very juicy target for all kinds of bad actors. Imagine finding yourself in the middle of some kind of account hijacking nightmare that you have unwittingly enabled, having to deal with people who trusted you and have lost access to their a…

You didn't read https://invidio.us/privacy

The privacy policy of not storing passwords is nice but what about when they get hacked and the site starts uploading passwords to some attacker's website?

Re: Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube

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It may not apply to this particular implementation, but users who've downloaded alternative YT clients (which offer ad-free experiences, or playback while the screen is off) an Android devices, may have their Google account flagged, even if the apps were sideloaded.

I admit having never heard or encountered that, so do you have any kind of evidence to support the claim?

The new terms of service go into effect on December 10th, so I wouldn't expect there to be any reports before then.
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