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Old 12-03-2025, 03:58 AM
DarkArts
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Thanks, all, for your advice.

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Originally Posted by Leo.G
Don't ever go to Tic-Tok ...
Yeah, I've never used TikTok and I don't ever plan to. I can't stand the ads either.

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Originally Posted by Renato1
I don't get anything like what you describe in the ads
It's not ads, it's the recommended videos.

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Originally Posted by N1
Get yourself a Google/YT account
Thanks, but that's off the table. I'm actually trying to de-Google myself entirely (well, over the coming year or two - it's a lot of work).

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Originally Posted by SharkBite
out of curiousity - what is the STB? <snip> Ironically - logging in may actually protect you from this stuff
It's a Fetch box. I only started using the built-in Youtube app a few months ago.

I won't be logging in to Youtube (ever), but what I probably will do is build a new Home Theatre PC. I used to have one 15 or so years ago, before STBs had decent apps on them. I think it's time to go back to that so I can still use the big screen but filter out the rubbish, and potentially use a VPN to keep Youtube at 'arms length' from the rest of my (by then) de-Googled activity. I'll relegate the STB to less-troublesome apps ... like BritBox, where one is more likely to die of boredom* than shock.

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The 'baiting' possibility has some credibility to it, though. A few years ago, I remember reading an article and discussions about Task Force Argos. TF Argos went after paedophiles, mainly in QLD, but reportedly used some aggressive methods; not just hanging around on adult sites to see what was going on, but allegedly trying to lure people (on those sites) into saying something they didn't originally intend - I think it's called "verballing". I wouldn't be surprised if there was a national or international version that sprayed out dubious videos on Youtube, to lure people.


* Actually, it's not bad, and boredom is underrated anyway.
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