Hackers Are Bypassing Google Security and Sneaking Porn Into YouTube
Hackers have found a simple trick to bypass Google’s stringent policy on hosting sexual and pirated content via its YouTube service. These Internet scoundrels are uploading illegal and inappropriate content to the streaming content provider, and there is a serious push for YouTube to stop the secret porn and stolen content rush.
A report from website TorrentFreak shares how users are able to trick Google’s high-end Content-ID security system by simply listing uploaded video as “private” content. These unlisted videos are then given direct links with content coming straight from Google’s servers. Typically, Content-ID has checks and balances in place to note what kind of content is going on the site.
While YouTube has a host of pirated videos, albums, and movies, the stashing of porn on the site has seen a recent uptick.
This hosting hack has given rise to adult sites using Google’s servers to host their illegal content. The direct links grabbed from the uploads are then embedded on other websites, pulling content directly from YouTube on the back end and giving the pirates endless opportunities to stream unbeknownst to Google or, if the content is pirated, the original owners.
Google has been doing its best to take down the adult content as it discovers it, but the task is arduous. Trying to locate the content has proved difficult, and unless original owners say something, the company is unable to identify many of the videos.
No reports or data are available as of yet to determine how likely it is that this hosted pornographic content could show up. If you have kids or otherwise don’t want to see this type of content come up during your YouTube video-watching sessions, there are a number of tips online on browsing safely. Still, due to the nature of this type of security breach, results could be unexpected and random.
The company has yet to publicly address the matter.
