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Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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Post by _wldu »

seanmcelroy wrote: post #3

It's a mistaken position to believe sharing "how to" information somehow mints cybercriminals; however, this is the position YouTube has repeatedly and is increasingly taking with striking innocent content creators sharing information about how security vulnerabilities work and how to test for them. This type of content is widely available on mainstream online blog sites, in published books, and through established,…

I believe this is why it's important to have your own domain name, so you can have your own website with content you create and control. If you just want to make funny cat videos (or something similar) then YouTube is probably not a bad choice.

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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Post by natex »

busrf wrote: post #57

This is the blog associated with the channel: http://codeofhacking.blogspot.com/ And this is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/technux0/ On both of those pages, you can see the titles of the videos that were posted. On the Facebook page, you can still see the video thumbnails. I wonder if YouTube removed his channel for the cybersecurity videos, or if they removed his channel for posting walkthrough videos…

> I wonder if YouTube removed his channel for the cybersecurity videos, or if they removed his channel for posting walkthrough videos on how to pirate Burp Suite Pro ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't know, but I'm going to automatically berate YouToob's motives/competence, compare some other topics that I feel are less censored than cybersecurity (which is confusing since I haven't bothered to read YouTube's content policy), and preach about the importance of local backups!

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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Post by Ruthalas »

myself248 wrote: post #76
Ruthalas wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you archive youtube content, consider stopping by my discord server. https://discord.gg/EJvS4kf I maintain a list of content that various members have archived, such that if anything is removed, people can direct inquiries to people who have archived that content. It's a small way to keep track of what things have been successfully archived, and direct efforts toward at-risk channels. (You can see the current list…

This is great; is there any view towards rehosting this stuff on peertube or whatever? Or is it okay for now, to just know that it's sitting on someone's disk, as long as we know how to reach that someone if needed?

I've considered uploading to a peertube instance, but I ran into an issue where the instance seemed to have a policy prohibiting mirroring existing/live channels.

For the moment I make my archive available via Soulseek, and am open to requests!

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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Post by valeness »

slumdev wrote: post #54
d33lio wrote: post #32

YouTube is now a hostile space for creators of any political or social creed that create "edge" worthy content. Plain and simple. If you're a trans or LGBTQ creator your content is not safe. If you produce "hacking" or firearms videos your content is not safe. Maybe some day the millennial generation will end the boomer era mantra of passing legislation federally or adopting policies that censoring content for the ch…

> If you're a trans or LGBTQ creator your content is not safe. There was a time when a man's bedroom activity didn't enter into his professional life. I know the idea is difficult for millennials.

This sounds like an incredibly bigoted, or at best ignorant, stance to take. I think it can be safe to assume that the GP meant that LGBTQ creators can be marginalized based on how they act, look, or simply identify. There is nothing about those 3 things that telegraphs "a man's bedroom activity".

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

rgblambda wrote: post #72
throwaway0a5e wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really miss the discussions of manufacturing improvements and design revisions that Ian Mc-whatever has in his older videos. Even if he's uploading elsewhere he's tailoring he newer stuff to the YT rules so he's not discussing manufacturing as much. Which is stupid when you consider that so much of the stuff he deals with is historical curiosities from over a century ago and incremental manufacturing innovations of…

They don't let him talk about manufacturing? That makes no sense. Though I guess he's just reverse engineering the rules so it could be some random thing he's mentioned a few times when discussing manufacturing that YouTube takes offence to.

Well he probably could and defend it since it's historical education but Youtube's enforcement is so sporadic and heavy handed and the appeals process is so broken it's not worth the risk.

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Post by sterlind »

hundchenkatze wrote: post #21
tshaddox wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But aren’t they? Maybe not literally burn, but aren’t there multiple reality TV shows about repossessed storage units?

Yeah, but most places will put your storage unit into "default" for some time, usually 30 days, and make multiple attempts to contact you before auctioning your stuff. Generally speaking, in the U.S. most states have lien laws that dictate how and for how long a company must attempt to contact you before they can auction. Youtube could do something similar, by providing you 30 days to download your content.

exactly! I see no excuse for YouTube not to allow this, as long as videos haven't been flagged for e.g. sexual abuse (where YouTube itself would be liable for continuing to store it.) I think the only reason they don't do it is because they don't have to and they don't care.

instituting a 30-day retention period to exporting content would be really good for users. shame we can't pass tech laws in the US.

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Post by _proofs »

reaperducer wrote: post #61
d33lio wrote: post #32

YouTube is now a hostile space for creators of any political or social creed that create "edge" worthy content. Plain and simple. If you're a trans or LGBTQ creator your content is not safe. If you produce "hacking" or firearms videos your content is not safe. Maybe some day the millennial generation will end the boomer era mantra of passing legislation federally or adopting policies that censoring content for the ch…

Maybe some day the millennial generation will end the boomer era mantra of passing legislation federally or adopting policies that censoring content for the children TM. You mean the "millennial generation" that invented "cancel culture" to destroy the lives of people it doesn't agree with?

millenials invented cancel culture?

so they invented things like segregation? lynchings? witch-hunts?

"cancel cultute" is as old as time and oppression.

it is woefully naive to believe a generation, whom you seem to begrudge, invented it.

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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Post by rgblambda »

tshaddox wrote: post #15
sterlind wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the same reason a storage company shouldn't be able to burn all the stuff in your unit if they evict you.

But aren’t they? Maybe not literally burn, but aren’t there multiple reality TV shows about repossessed storage units?

Those are mostly staged. In reality all they find is spiders and bits of cardboard boxes.
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