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its from one of the content moderators. they are all hired and managed through recruiting agency. there was over 10k of us while I was there. and most people ar

its from one of the content moderators. they are all hired and managed through recruiting agency. there was over 10k of us while I was there. and most people are just kids with one week of on boarding doing short term contract. whoever did it is blackballed by biggest recruiting agency in the world. way to get your life crazy difficult over reddit points

beeboobaa3 2y ago
so youtube content moderators can just view anyone's private videos willy nilly?
- pixl97 2y ago
  Yes, this is typically how moderation works on any platform. Unless it is encrypted it's not "private".
  - bombcar 2y ago
    If it's a truly private video, it should be only visible by moderation when logged in as a moderator. If it was an unlisted video, the moderator would just need to know the reference code (URL) for the video, and could share it with anyone.
    - jabroni_salad 2y ago
      As mentioned in the article, the original leak was a screenshot from admin.youtube.com
  - beeboobaa3 2y ago
    No, it's not. Typically moderators can view content that needs moderation, i.e. is visible to other users. There is no reason to give them access to all private videos, which are different from unlisted.
    - pixl97 2y ago
      Yes it is. You can keep saying "no it's not" until the cows come home, but every single bit of unencrypted content (and possibly well known hashes of encrypted content) is subject to moderation on any large corporate property.
- jandrese 2y ago
  If you have confidential data don't upload it to Youtube, or really anybody else's servers.
- mike_d 2y ago
  They can view videos they are assigned to review, but they can't just pull up a random private video.
b3lvedere 2y ago
I never knew Youtube did child labour?
- vel0city 2y ago
  In many states its legal for people 16-18 to work, usually with limitations on hours worked per shift/week an what kind of jobs they can do. Even then, many older people in the US will call someone 18-20 "kids", even though they're technically adults. As a US English speaker I took it to mean "a bunch of young and immature people, probably on their first job" when I heard "most people are just kids", not that they're literally hiring 12 year olds or something.
  - tredre3 2y ago
    In all 50 states it is legal for people 16+ to work full time.
    - vel0city 2y ago
      I can't say I know the law in every state so I typically don't say absolutes like that. If that's true, thanks for clarifying/correcting. Also, it looks like you're right for at least the states I normally deal with. Looking back the first job I had started when I was still 15, I must have just blended those shift schedule restrictions during the rest of my time working as 16-17 as well. So yeah, I guess that's probably true.
  - gwbas1c 2y ago
    > Even then, many older people in the US will call someone 18-20 "kids", even though they're technically adults. In my head I felt like my peers in college were "kids". I didn't feel like we were "adults" until we were in our mid-20s.
- mrguyorama 2y ago
  Kids are literally dying in Tyson affiliated chicken plants down south and nobody is going to prison. Why WOULDN'T youtube use child labor if it's cheaper?
alickz 2y ago
> way to get your life crazy difficult over reddit points "Google says it was "non-intentional" because they only showed it to a friend", I don't think they purposely leaked it for internet clout
- dylan604 2y ago
  Great, "it was only a friend" is the same thing anyone says when caught revealing a secret that was meant to "remain between us". That's a load of horseshit for an excuse.
erremerre 2y ago
My favourite are the one that leaked a tank data on a discord just to prove that they were right.
- duped 2y ago
  The number of state secrets protected by a 20 year old E-4 whose only motivation is to not get chewed out (and/or jail) is probably staggering.
  - throwaway48476 2y ago
    A lot of these tank "leaks" are just PDF's of manuals you can buy on ebay. They're restricted but legal to own. It only becomes illegal when you export them to other countries.
    - duped 2y ago
      I believe what GP is referring to is the Air Force National Guardsman who's going to jail for leaking classified intelligence on a discord server to prove he was right. I don't think it was actually about tanks, just that it happened in a WarFrame discord (or something like that).
  - lotsofpulp 2y ago
    Being prosecuted and imprisoned by the federal government is far more motivation than being terminated from a low paying job.
  - finnthehuman 2y ago
    https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2651728-war-thunder-military-document-leaks https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2651728-war-thunder-military...
dmix 2y ago
> whoever did it is blackballed by biggest recruiting agency in the world. way to get your life crazy difficult over reddit points I think you're overvaluing the power of recruiting agencies

beeboobaa3 2y ago

so youtube content moderators can just view anyone's private videos willy nilly?

pixl97 2y ago
Yes, this is typically how moderation works on any platform. Unless it is encrypted it's not "private".
- bombcar 2y ago
  If it's a truly private video, it should be only visible by moderation when logged in as a moderator. If it was an unlisted video, the moderator would just need to know the reference code (URL) for the video, and could share it with anyone.
  - jabroni_salad 2y ago
    As mentioned in the article, the original leak was a screenshot from admin.youtube.com
- beeboobaa3 2y ago
  No, it's not. Typically moderators can view content that needs moderation, i.e. is visible to other users. There is no reason to give them access to all private videos, which are different from unlisted.
  - pixl97 2y ago
    Yes it is. You can keep saying "no it's not" until the cows come home, but every single bit of unencrypted content (and possibly well known hashes of encrypted content) is subject to moderation on any large corporate property.
jandrese 2y ago
If you have confidential data don't upload it to Youtube, or really anybody else's servers.
mike_d 2y ago
They can view videos they are assigned to review, but they can't just pull up a random private video.

b3lvedere 2y ago

I never knew Youtube did child labour?

vel0city 2y ago
In many states its legal for people 16-18 to work, usually with limitations on hours worked per shift/week an what kind of jobs they can do. Even then, many older people in the US will call someone 18-20 "kids", even though they're technically adults. As a US English speaker I took it to mean "a bunch of young and immature people, probably on their first job" when I heard "most people are just kids", not that they're literally hiring 12 year olds or something.
- tredre3 2y ago
  In all 50 states it is legal for people 16+ to work full time.
  - vel0city 2y ago
    I can't say I know the law in every state so I typically don't say absolutes like that. If that's true, thanks for clarifying/correcting. Also, it looks like you're right for at least the states I normally deal with. Looking back the first job I had started when I was still 15, I must have just blended those shift schedule restrictions during the rest of my time working as 16-17 as well. So yeah, I guess that's probably true.
- gwbas1c 2y ago
  > Even then, many older people in the US will call someone 18-20 "kids", even though they're technically adults. In my head I felt like my peers in college were "kids". I didn't feel like we were "adults" until we were in our mid-20s.
mrguyorama 2y ago
Kids are literally dying in Tyson affiliated chicken plants down south and nobody is going to prison. Why WOULDN'T youtube use child labor if it's cheaper?

alickz 2y ago

> way to get your life crazy difficult over reddit points "Google says it was "non-intentional" because they only showed it to a friend", I don't think they purposely leaked it for internet clout

dylan604 2y ago
Great, "it was only a friend" is the same thing anyone says when caught revealing a secret that was meant to "remain between us". That's a load of horseshit for an excuse.

erremerre 2y ago

My favourite are the one that leaked a tank data on a discord just to prove that they were right.

duped 2y ago
The number of state secrets protected by a 20 year old E-4 whose only motivation is to not get chewed out (and/or jail) is probably staggering.
- throwaway48476 2y ago
  A lot of these tank "leaks" are just PDF's of manuals you can buy on ebay. They're restricted but legal to own. It only becomes illegal when you export them to other countries.
  - duped 2y ago
    I believe what GP is referring to is the Air Force National Guardsman who's going to jail for leaking classified intelligence on a discord server to prove he was right. I don't think it was actually about tanks, just that it happened in a WarFrame discord (or something like that).
- lotsofpulp 2y ago
  Being prosecuted and imprisoned by the federal government is far more motivation than being terminated from a low paying job.
- finnthehuman 2y ago
  https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2651728-war-thunder-military-document-leaks https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2651728-war-thunder-military...

dmix 2y ago

> whoever did it is blackballed by biggest recruiting agency in the world. way to get your life crazy difficult over reddit points I think you're overvaluing the power of recruiting agencies