• L7HM77@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Lots of ways. If the video was watched via phone app, phone number can be collected directly. If logged into a google account on the device that viewed the video, google had the number already. Could also be from matching internet traffic over a shared IP, device with a known phone number pinged google through house’s WIFI, another device on the same WIFI watched the YouTube video.