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- Using invidious
* [Can I use Invidious on my device?](#q-can-i-use-invidious-on-my-device)
* [Do you plan to make an Android/iOS app?](#q-do-you-plan-to-make-an-androidios-app)
* [What data is collected by Invidious?](#q-what-data-is-collected-by-invidious)
* [What data is shared with YouTube?](#q-what-data-is-shared-with-youtube)
- Commonly encountered errors
* [The media could not be loaded…](#q-the-media-could-not-be-loaded)
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## **Q:** What data is collected by Invidious?
**A:** Invidious by itself does not collect any data about its users, but
keep in mind that instance owners can log your IP address (like any other
server on the internet).
By default, the server logs which URLs were accessed, the associated error
code (e.g 404 if the URL was not found) and the time it took for the server
to respond.
Here is what the server logs looks like:
```
2021-08-30 18:15:44 UTC [info] 200 GET /watch?v=GIAKHj9uJtM 781.21ms
2021-08-30 18:15:49 UTC [info] 200 GET /api/v1/search?q=Fly%20away 500.0ms
2021-08-30 18:15:49 UTC [info] 200 GET /vi/lJcqAzWFWLs/mqdefault.jpg 15.82ms
2021-08-30 18:15:49 UTC [info] 200 GET /vi/JoP_Tte7z7o/mqdefault.jpg 70.64ms
```
When you create an account, your watch history and the list of channels you
subscribed will be stored in the server's database. You can export, migrate
or delete these data at any time from your user account page.
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## **Q:** What data is shared with youTube?
**A:** By default, the video stream is fetched directly from Google's servers
(`googlevideo.com`) in order to reduce the bandwidth required by invidious,
meaning that Google will be able to see your IP address and some other data
commonly sent by web browsers, like your user-agent string.
If you don't want that to happen, you can go to the `preferences` page and
check the `Proxy videos` option. When this option is enabled, the invidious
instance will be used as a relay (also know as a "proxy") between you and
Google's servers, which will hide your IP address and the other information
sent by your browser.
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# Commonly encountered errors