Removed several hosts for violating tracking rules

[spirillen]

EDIT: See official reply: #571 (comment)

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As melmac.space are adding google tracking sources to the videos playes, they are violating invidious rules for being on the public list

9. Instances MUST NOT use any type of analytics.

Proofs:

Logger output

+168
iv.melmac.space
1
get
media
https://iv.melmac.space/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+139
iv.melmac.space
1
get
media
https://iv.melmac.space/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+109
iv.melmac.space
1
get
media
https://iv.melmac.space/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+80
iv.melmac.space
1
get
media
https://iv.melmac.space/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+52
iv.melmac.space
1
get
media
https://iv.melmac.space/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+1
iv.melmac.space
1
get
media
https://iv.melmac.space/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+1
iv.melmac.space
3
get
media
https://rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1719086903&ei=19p2ZtrUG6Dn6dsPjfec8As&ip=2a0a%3A4580%3A1011%3Aa100%3A%3A727%3A8265&id=o-AOEyv9y12hpXWyDHQhDGpU6t3F1E3G64bPTCQar1tEAW&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=Mr&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4g5edndy%2Csn-4g5lznes&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=29&gcr=de&initcwndbps=1827500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=19526218&ratebypass=yes&dur=212.137&lmt=1719014174216454&mt=1719064854&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=5538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRQIhALFv_qWLWTJdtjnR6kQCZbL6xtXwHCiiqyYY7Nf5VlJdAiASvK4gevwEgIp8WbqjVmk-rJkDTgSZoVnbP8KjJMvjOg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRQIgA_dwns2BTVDlb55JvdvWpR0E-dQXzubnz5DQdWsrXGkCIQD_YUqSz5ETqKwQKHt3GpSsTdMAAwJ7ny4ATYcbvSxq_w%3D%3D&host=rr4---sn-4g5edndy.googlevideo.com

+0
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=j69AZ7mfPlU

[spirillen]

invidious.protokolla.fi

Logger output

+24
invidious.protokolla.fi
1
get
media
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/videoplayback?expire=1719088054&ei=Vt92ZuHHD8zZv_IP56WpoAc&ip=2a01%3A4f9%3Ac011%3Abad2%3Aaf5%3A4bb1%3A5bf1%3A32ae&id=o-ACM-PpLknlV1Eb96-4f-LwzfzDG52ueOj9G4wKuDReYV&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=CR&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-ixh7yn7d%2Csn-ugo76n76&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=5&pl=51&gcr=de&initcwndbps=867500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=13736791&ratebypass=yes&dur=283.120&lmt=1713975909914258&mt=1719066062&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=4538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRAIgUoKKhr2iPmrEnnR2GI-h-4QcmZ-fQD9KDsgq_g8OSX8CICmL1sq284ximbbHc3bu8zpqp9o00idHNddNjqg9B7_G&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRgIhAJ-z4_7L3hMB4bi_bzfeMgtqhzFchcmuEnQjr_wBo7GFAiEAso8fC4XMxgdyFO4_TfwFrF6aSeVSLqFXyMxrwTOC2AA%3D&host=rr5---sn-ixh7yn7d.googlevideo.com

+24
||googlevideo.com^
--
invidious.protokolla.fi
3
get
media
https://rr5---sn-ixh7yn7d.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1719088054&ei=Vt92ZuHHD8zZv_IP56WpoAc&ip=2a01%3A4f9%3Ac011%3Abad2%3Aaf5%3A4bb1%3A5bf1%3A32ae&id=o-ACM-PpLknlV1Eb96-4f-LwzfzDG52ueOj9G4wKuDReYV&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&mh=CR&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-ixh7yn7d%2Csn-ugo76n76&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=5&pl=51&gcr=de&initcwndbps=867500&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=13736791&ratebypass=yes&dur=283.120&lmt=1713975909914258&mt=1719066062&fvip=4&c=ANDROID_TESTSUITE&txp=4538434&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cgcr%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRAIgUoKKhr2iPmrEnnR2GI-h-4QcmZ-fQD9KDsgq_g8OSX8CICmL1sq284ximbbHc3bu8zpqp9o00idHNddNjqg9B7_G&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHlkHjAwRgIhAJ-z4_7L3hMB4bi_bzfeMgtqhzFchcmuEnQjr_wBo7GFAiEAso8fC4XMxgdyFO4_TfwFrF6aSeVSLqFXyMxrwTOC2AA%3D&host=rr5---sn-ixh7yn7d.googlevideo.com

+22
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=KNtJGQkC-WI

+0
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/search?q=Ariana+Grande

[spirillen]

Changed this MR to draft as it turns out there are several rotten hosts listed on the public list in violation with rule #9

Instances MUST NOT use any type of analytics.

[bugmaschine]

This isn't tracking, that's just the urls needed for Playing back video. These urls appear because the instance does not proxy the video.

[spirillen]

These urls appear because the instance does not proxy the video.

And therefor giving tracking data to Alphabet, as they now know the same as you have gone to YT it self. = They are serving tracking and are to be treated as WalledGarden members in violation with the rules of invidious

[SamantazFox]

Invidious has always had two ways of playing videos: proxied and not proxied.

• Proxying improves user privacy, at the cost of instance bandwidth.
• When the video stream is not proxied, the player tries to get the video data directly from googlevideo servers. If that fails (e.g if the user has blocked that domain), the player asks the instance to proxy videos and tries again.

In all cases, this is something that can be configured. All you have to do is enable "proxy videos" in the preferences.

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By the way, if you see an URL like:
https://invidious.example.com/videoplayback?......host=googlevideo.com
it means that the video is proxied, which provides the max amount of privacy.

[unixfox]

More details about this "cost of bandwidth": Having "proxy" enabled by default on an instance would result in more than 400TB of data transferred per month. That's a colossal amount of data.

For reference, hetzner, a cheap hosting provider, bill 1€ per TB transferred. If proxy were to be enabled by default, all the public Invidious instances maintainers would have to pay in the range of hundred of euros per month.

This is why we decided to not have "proxy" enabled by default, in order to lower the bar of entry because not many people can afford this cost and having many diverse Invidious instances for the users. More diversity is better than a couple of central ones.

But if a user doesn't want any connection to google servers at all, he can enable "proxy" in the preferences page (/preferences). Do note that without proxy the only connection to google servers is to servers that serve the video data. We are quite confident that google does not track their users through these servers because they already have advanced existing mechanism to do so on their official YouTube applications/clients.

Finally, as a reminder we don't force anybody to use the public instances. One can always install Invidious on their own server and enable proxy there by default: https://docs.invidious.io/installation/