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YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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I know this might not be a popular opinion. But showing people how to hack systems... that seems like an OK thing to ban. It's a crime. Teaching people how to commit a crime has always been not OK.

I suppose teaching people how to paint would also not be okay, as those people might now graffiti some wall and commit a crime!!

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

#22
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Rhetorical question: If a YouTube video can show how to bypass it, does it really count as a "secure" system?

I would say yes, since "secure" is a spectrum and there's nothing about a YouTube video that means the information is lower quality or less valuable than any other source.

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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Does this mean that all the reverse engineering videos, con talks, prof of exploit demos, CTF walkthroughs', and fuzzing tutorials will be removed? What about videos showing me how to use tools like Twistlock? Will they be exempt, but videos about burp be banned? What constitutes a "secure" computer system? Side note, I guess its time to fire up youtube-dl. Are there any channels that need to be archived? I normally…

I'm not going to be able to take a look for a few days, but I'd be grateful if someone made sure that most of the Defcon talks were archived or mirrored somewhere.

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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post #12

Rhetorical question: If a YouTube video can show how to bypass it, does it really count as a "secure" system?

Rhetorical answer: If you can secure a system through legislation, it is no longer necessary to secure it through engineering.

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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post #15

Does this mean that all the reverse engineering videos, con talks, prof of exploit demos, CTF walkthroughs', and fuzzing tutorials will be removed? What about videos showing me how to use tools like Twistlock? Will they be exempt, but videos about burp be banned? What constitutes a "secure" computer system? Side note, I guess its time to fire up youtube-dl. Are there any channels that need to be archived? I normally…

Too many to count.

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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So more random bullshit YouTube censorship, but what are people going to do? Hosting videos in 2019 is easy. Getting your content discovered is the hard bit. We need a decentralised and/or federated alternative for video-content publishing. The sooner, the better. YouTube has been taken over by big business and lawyers, and it seems they are gradually trying to “dumb” it down and take away any risky (read: useful/int…

Visit: https://d.tube/ and spread the word please, it's current content is crap. It even awards crypto to uploaders.

Does anyone know what the ligality of uploading MIT's OCW lecture videos here would be? Personally that's what got me into watching youtube in the first place.

Also: does that really need javascript? (I'm guessing you're doing something with IPFS?) is there any way to brows it with some command line tool if it does?

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

#27

I know this might not be a popular opinion. But showing people how to hack systems... that seems like an OK thing to ban. It's a crime. Teaching people how to commit a crime has always been not OK.

Most Constitution-respecting Americans will disagree. Committing a crime is not OK. Conveying information for learning is always OK.

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

#28

Youtube updating its policy to ban videos they have already monetized from, while the creators get nothing. Youtube is a monopoly. Creators need to get off YT, and onto something else if it exists.

> if it exists.

It doesn't.

Re: YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”

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post #28

Youtube updating its policy to ban videos they have already monetized from, while the creators get nothing. Youtube is a monopoly. Creators need to get off YT, and onto something else if it exists.

> if it exists. It doesn't.

Vimeo?
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