I had a potential client, an accountant. They had their own, uh, system within a spreadsheet. They wanted me to program another system to be able to send their spreadsheet output into our governments IRS. Did a little back-and-forth but could not convince them to drop the idea.

Jesus, this gave me war flashbacks.

YouTube still tracks you based on your IP and other environmental variables. Your browser’s user agent alone can tell them something about you. The resolution your screen uses, the speed in which the page loads and many other factors all correlate with certain profile properties.

They may not have your exact name and hometown, but they can definitely generate an indication of income and general area, amongst others.