Subj : YouTube could be your next lifetime cloud storage provider
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Feb 27 2023 12:45:04

YouTube could be your next lifetime cloud storage provider

Date:
Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:29:47 +0000

Description:
Its almost certainly not intended to be used in this way, and there are 
several bugs, but one Github user thinks we have things to learn about data 
compression.

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A loophole on YouTube has been spotted that allows users to upload and access 
compressed data hidden into videos as a backup solution, although its not as 
easy or advisable as it sounds. 

For it to work, Infinite-Storage-Glitch (via PC Gamer ), a tool developed in 
Rust by Github user DvorakDwarf, must be run from a Linux distro and compiled 
either from source or using software development platform Docker . There are 
no readily available releases on Github, and perhaps for good reason. 

DvorakDwarf muses on the Github project page that, although YouTubes Terms of 
Service (TOS) may not expressly forbid uploading videos that contain files, 
it is possible that Google lawyers have planned ahead, given a section about 
circumventing the service. File storage in a YouTube video 

As a result, although this is an interesting development, TechRadar Pro cant 
expressly suggest that you rush to try this. 

The tools creator, also being careful with their words, has warned against 
making this your next cloud storage solution, noting that it lacks filesystem 
support and comes with many bugs that they do not plan on fixing. These 
include bad RAM usage, which limits individual files to about 100MB. 

Still, if you dont particularly value your Google account, or are as 
interested in novel forms of storing data (like in tape and HDD hybrids , or 
even DNA ) as us, you might find this fascinating. 

Users store files inside a .zip archive, and the tool embeds them into a 
video file: the new one, being several times larger. The video can then be 
uploaded, as well as downloaded, with the files able to be dislodged using 
the tool. Read more 

> Get 1TB free cloud storage for life: Heres how I did it with 35 providers 

> What are the pros and cons of cloud storage? 

> Weve also listed the best video editing computers right now 

Users have a couple of options to store their data: inside RGB pixels (quick 
and efficient, but more prone to corruption and sensitive to compression) or 
black and white binary ones. 

Both modes are susceptible to compression, so several settings, such as pixel 
size (with 2x2 pixels recommended for binary) are available to tweak, and are 
stored in the first frame of a processed video to make it easier to remember 
options that work. Heres our list of the best video editing software right now



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