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

Post by cabaalis » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 7:38 PM UTC

ryanmercer wrote: post #181

Zak wrote: post #120

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> what happens if I microwave a full ak mag I seem to recall Mythbusters baking a loaded .44 Magnum in an oven, and that was on corporate broadcast TV. I can't speak for the average person, but if I find myself curious about the results of something obviously dangerous, I like to look up a video of someone else doing it so I can find out with no risk. I don't find myself wanting to replicate dangerous experiments onc…

>I seem to recall Mythbusters baking a loaded .44 Magnum in an oven, and that was on corporate broadcast TV. If this did happen in an episode they likely had firefighters and EMTs on hand, an entire safety crew, ballistic glass and/or a proper bunker, etc. Demolition Ranch though... he's a veterinarian that had a microwave in his field in Texas with some cinder blocks around the sides. Likely with one other person on…

Post by xnxn » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 7:40 PM UTC

ianstallings wrote: post #125

nudpiedo wrote: post #49

Not anymore a conspiracy theory. This is the actual big brother modeling our futures, a group of people powerful enough, with their own interests and their own agenda with access to most peoples minds/lives, and who already publicly explained how they plan to influence on global geopolitics and society building. I find it disturbing this level of censorship. At first, it was pedophiles, murders and violent criminal a…

Agreed. Being of the Libertarian mindset, I was at first completely okay with it under the argument of personal liberty and personal property. It's a private company and they can do what they want. But the closer I looked at it the more I realized that it truly is a public space. And then when powerful political figures started influencing what was okay to censor on it I realized they are trying to do an end-run arou…

Post by s_m_t » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 7:40 PM UTC

ryanmercer wrote: post #173

oasisbob wrote: post #108

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I'm afraid this comment may fall afoul of Poe's law - but I think I agree. In my elementary school, That Favorite Science Teacher made gunpowder as an in-class demonstration, as well as hydrogen balloons. Should that content be allowed on YouTube? There are plenty of college-level chemistry demonstrations which have serious safety concerns; if not in the performance, then in the safe and ethical disposal. Cody's view…

I think doing things in a safe method are fine. Channels like NileRed discuss that this is dangerous, that is dangerous, I'm properly venting and wearing a respirator, I have to do these steps so this is safe to dispose of etc. That is safe, channels like this are commendable. Channels like BackyardScientist and Cody's Lab where you are making your own nitro and whacking it with a steak knife or making weapons firing…

Post by lone_haxx0r » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 7:40 PM UTC

jlmorton wrote: post #70

There's a lot of bad content on the Internet, and a lot of people wanted to ban it. And the free speech absolutists said, that's a slippery slope. Once you start restricting speech beyond whatever is illegal, there will be no end to the demands to ban certain content. And a lot of us said, slippery slopes are silly arguments. All we're asking is to ban overt racism and calls to violence. We can evaluate these things…

Post by ThrowawayR2 » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 7:41 PM UTC

bredren wrote: post #104

I wonder why YouTube has to be the go-to source for useful video in the first place. Seems steps like this drive important content to other, hopefully more privacy-conscious platforms. This is a bigger loss for YouTube than the security community.