I fuckin' signed in to YouTube with my existing account damn it
Trust me, Google already knows your home address.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2025
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also, I know yours.
Just enter 127.0.0.1
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~ sweet ~
Aaaand now 1,337 other users can reset your password and steal your account.
You can skip that step. Not that it's okay, tho.
For now.
Next year:
Sorry, your login looks suspicious. For your security, you've been permanently locked out of your account.
Since you never willingly gave us your address, you cannot submit a request to regain access to your account. Thank you for all the data. You cannot contact us. Have a nice day, dumbfuk
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There are some people who will put this data, the ones who usually agree to all cookies. So even if you let users skip, with some dark patterns you can manage to influence a lot of people. Example: I set up local windows accounts for a couple of family members, yet somehow a week later or so they had online Microsoft accounts connected somehow.
What kind of bullshit is this?
God, I dislike Google so much. Funny to remember that once their motto used to be, "Do no evil." Ha, good times.
More like asking you to confirm what they already know.
Yeah, ridiculous isn't it.
Recently validated data has more value tho
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We may not always have that option...
Where?
Seems like you can remove that address later as google said themselves in that screenshot.
They don't even pretend it's for security reasons and just admit it's for ads 🤣
There's a shit ton of new regulations and they're probably trying to figure out what filters and shit to apply to which viewers
I already gave up on Google when they started forcing you to send them your ID to watch age restricted videos.
This was fun when my business address was some office I'd never been to.
They use it for Google Maps as a pin. Nothing new, and not particularly weird either. You can just skip it and not tell them.
Oh? Just what I was looking for! An opportunity to be manipulated more effectively by my owners.
You can change or remove this any time...
Haha, cute.
Puts: 123 Fake St
Hey! I live there!
Use Google's address.
I mean this isn't new. How do you think you can say go to work or go home and have maps take you there.
Seeing this post made me realize I have fallen for this trap already.
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9876 rode st., vilij, provençe 012345
Use Google's address.
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