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Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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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…

It also has how-to for pirating "Facebook Social Toolkit – Premium Version" along with things like "how to hack anyone's whatsapp"

This looks like piracy & script-kiddie guides channel, not a "cybersecurity channel" or anything educational-related. But the pitch forks are already out, so whatever.

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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post #12

Will they remove Moxie videos then because he makes cybersecurity videos funny and points out the inherent failures in SSL? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UawS3_iuHoA

Only if he also makes funny videos on how to pirate software?

As noted above, that's a good chunk of videos on the channel that got removed

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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post #83

Looking at the titles of some of the videos, it seemed to be more about how to pirate commercial software than security. I think YouTube probably did the right thing. https://codeofhacking.blogspot.com/2018/01/burp-suite-pro-v1...

YouTube is free to do what they want but sensible actions should be informed by the law. Currently, you can't be charged with anything for describing how to do something.

It goes even further: you can sell a kit with instructions on how to make something illegal and this is perfectly fine.

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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post #97
post #83

Looking at the titles of some of the videos, it seemed to be more about how to pirate commercial software than security. I think YouTube probably did the right thing. https://codeofhacking.blogspot.com/2018/01/burp-suite-pro-v1...

YouTube is free to do what they want but sensible actions should be informed by the law. Currently, you can't be charged with anything for describing how to do something. It goes even further: you can sell a kit with instructions on how to make something illegal and this is perfectly fine.

The channel seemed to be offering links to download pirated software too. If this was occurring, YouTube did the right thing.

"Burp Suite v1.7.30 Pro Cracked Version Download Details:- Version:- 1.7.30 Pro License Expires:- Dec 2 , 2018 Size:- 26 MB Download links:- https://drive.google.com..."

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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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…

It also has how-to for pirating "Facebook Social Toolkit – Premium Version" along with things like "how to hack anyone's whatsapp" This looks like piracy & script-kiddie guides channel, not a "cybersecurity channel" or anything educational-related. But the pitch forks are already out, so whatever.

Yeah, you can achieve the same educational aims with one of the thousands of crackmes out there. It’s pretty sketchy to demo cracking for pay software in a public place like this. Maybe that was old content and they forgot about it, but still, it does shed some light on it. Cybersecurity content in general, and especially that focused on tools and techniques, should be presented with at least some moral and ethical concern.

Re: YouTube removed a Cybersecurity channel without much reason

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube makes no money on demonitized videos as well, right?

If they run ads on them they do. Demonetized just means the creators don’t see any.

YouTube doesn't run ads on demonetized videos - that's what demonetizing a channel is all about. It means the advertisers don't want to pay for the ads to show next to those videos.
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