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Will Reddit track me if i use the RSS feed generated from their subreddit url with .rss extension (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example https://reddit.com/r/privacy.rss generates rss feed . If i use that feed can reddit still track me based on ip? If yes whats the best way to generate rss feeds without exposing ips?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (1 children)

You would have to read their privacy policy and decide if you trust them to determine if they track you based on your IP.

RSS works by something downloading the RSS feed. So some IP will need to connect to Reddit to fetch it. If you don't want to reveal your IP then you need to fetch it from somewhere else.

Use Tor to download the feeds.
Use a hosted service to fetch the feeds. However that service will see your IP and know what feeds that you are reading.
Use a VPN. But the VPN will see your IP and that you are connecting to Reddit.
Use a proxy. But the proxy will see your IP and what you are fetching.

So basically yes, fetching an RSS feed will be associated with an IP address (like anything else across the internet) so if you don't want Reddit to see your IP address you will need to get something else to connect to Reddit on your behalf.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

how to use tor with rss; https://medium.com/@crodges/anonymous-rss-with-newsboat-and-tor-1f310e54af73

this is the only way I found that works. I've talked about it in a recent post; https://lemmy.ml/post/57756/comment/43639

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I've also successfully put self-hosted servers into a network namespace that routes everything through Tor (basically like a VPN, except through Tor). This works for basically every service as long as it uses TCP. However if it has native proxy support configuring that can be easier if you trust that it doesn't leak.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago

you could just route everything on the computer through tor without a vpn or anything fancy like that. but I use clearnet and tor at the same time alot of the times.

I recommend using a raspberry pi for a vpn for that, btw. you don't have to trust anyone if you own the thing.