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>Way too risky to use Google services like this tied to your primary account.

Google has no problem correlating your accounts unless you know what you're doing and are ready to switch to the cypherpunk mode.

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There is realistically no way to evade the account correlation systems that Google (likely) has.

It's not that hard actually, but separation has a maintenance/convenience cost and requires you to think before doing anything.

We're speculating here but between time correlation, browser fingerprinting and telemetry, the average user attempting to pull off a clean compartmentalisation of two accounts has no chance, even when they think they do.

I'm not speculating, but yes, ordinary users won't be able do that, that's what my warning is about.

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