[tor-talk] Youtube becoming unusable

[Gabrielle DiFonzo]

Well, I know you don't get to post comments or videos, but I meant, what happens while trying to access Youtube through Tor without being logged in? Is the site still difficult to use in any way? (For those of us who don't have accounts but still visit the site.)


-----Original Message-----
From: krishna e bera <keb at cyblings.on.ca>
To: tor-talk <tor-talk at lists.torproject.org>
Sent: Wed, Jul 31, 2013 7:56 pm
Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Youtube becoming unusable


You dont get access to videos marked "mature" without an account having
an age in the profile over 21.  Plus of course you cannot post videos or
comments.

I could sympathize with the extra captchas if i had been using a
bugmenot userid or no account at all.


On 13-07-31 07:26 PM, Gabrielle DiFonzo wrote:
> 
> I agree with the idea of them squeezing out Tor users...that's certainly what 
it sounds like.
> 
> As for the codes, I never had trouble reading those things. Well, almost 
never.
> 
> What happens if you don't have a Youtube account but try to access the site 
anyway? What happens when you're logged out?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: krishna e bera <keb at cyblings.on.ca>
> To: tor-talk <tor-talk at lists.torproject.org>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 10:14 am
> Subject: [tor-talk] Youtube becoming unusable
> 
> 
> In the last few weeks, i have encountered captchas almost every session
> i go onto Youtube.  Is this a consequence of the decision to raise the
> required bandwidth bar for "fast" relays, so that more connections come
> from fewer exits?
> 
> Or is it a policy change at Google?  I dont understand why a logged in
> user should have to go through captchas every session, even if their ip
> address changes. In TBB the captchas can timeout before we even get a
> chance to see them. Secondly, if they are going to use them, i wish they
> would pick something a human can read which this often isnt:
> http://postimg.org/image/4fnpojpu1/
> or use a different method such as math questions or pick-a-kitten.
> 
> Thirdly, i started seeing these notices about reading from a canvas
> recently: http://postimg.org/image/wxto55mfl/
> Is this due to a TBB missing feature or did Youtube use something in
> HTML5 on purpose that violates privacy, e.g. is this a replacement for
> the evil hidden Adobe flash storage?
> 
> Basically these changes plus the inability to view or even download
> videos with ads on them (Adobe Flash only), means they are squeezing out
> Tor users, and anyone else concerned with privacty and security.  It
> bodes ill for TBB's uptake by the masses.
> 

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