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 <[email protected]> > To: tor-talk <[email protected]> > 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. > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
