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I sometimes get linked google docs links and would like to view them without visiting a google site directly.

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[โ€“] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even when using open source alternatives the server know your IP and you don't know what they are going to do.

[โ€“] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

They were asking about a proxy, not a frontend. Like, invidious and piped are YouTube frontends, but both of them has a proxy feature, always-on with piped, which makes the frontend proxy all requests (even video segments) through the server of your choice.

So with a proxy service, google will not see your IP, unless the proxy you use is a mole.