The need to achieve security on the internet is, for those involved, of primary importance. One of the most common tactics is to change the password at regular intervals. However, research has shown that this tactic does not make user accounts any more secure . Something similar happened with YouTube.
Last week, a change that had been made on YouTube a few months ago was brought to light. The platform had updated the examples of videos that violate policy from “harmful or dangerous content” to “Guidelines for hacking or phishing.”
This change was actually noticed when a channel, Null Byte, which represents ethical hacking, made a video about exploding fireworks, using a wireless network. This video could not be uploaded to YouTube, so it turned out that the platform was essentially “punishing” the channel, because at some point in the past it had uploaded content that pointed out a technical vulnerability. As expected, this tactic was opposed by members of the security community, and so YouTube allowed the channel to upload the video in question.
Now, of course, mistakes are to be expected, but another question arises: Do tech companies like Google, which is behind YouTube, judge all these researchers who identify vulnerabilities as villains or as allies?
On the other hand, we couldn't help but mention that Null Bytehas garnered negative attention through the content it uploads. However, it's certainly not the only channel on YouTube that actually teaches hacking and does it so well.
The idea that channels that upload such content are harmful has been around for many years and is probably wrong. For about 20 years, technology companies, relying on legislation, have been cracking down on security researchers who were looking for vulnerabilities even when they only wanted to provide information.
What is surprising is the decision of Google , and by extension YouTube, to completely block channels whose purpose is to inform and awaken through their content.
At this point, it should be emphasized that it is understood that such content could be extremely useful to hackers. However, let's be realistic. If the creators of the videos really wanted to cause trouble then they would simply do so and not publish videos with it on YouTube, providing free information to other would-be hackers.
