Google Is Busy: What about YouTube Filtering?
February 10, 2023
We noted a reference to a video produced by Wendover Productions. I know zero about the outfit’s videos, but one caught my eye. The video is “How to Illegally Cro0ss the Mexico-US Border.” The video runs 14 minutes and has been online for more than a year. The company describes its “aboutness” this way:
Wendover Productions is all about explaining how our world works. From travel, to economics, to geography, to marketing and more, every video will leave you with a little better understanding of our world. New videos go out every other Tuesday.
The video does not strike me as particularly helpful. But there are some interesting factoids:
- Barriers protect about one-third of the border
- Walk across is possible in certain locations. Maybe Brownsville, Texas
- Cross in remote areas but a walk of 20 to 30 miles may be necessary
- Humanitarian groups have set up water stations in certain area
New methods of dealing with certain border infractions are in place and some like the Anduril tower and drone method seem to have some value. The situation, of course, determines what steps are taken and what methods are employed by authorized officials.
I wanted to highlight this video as I have those which provide information about to obtain and hack commercial software.
My question is, “Has Google been sufficiently distracted by bonuses, possible revenue shrinkage, and Code Red cartwheels to have ignored what appears to be information facilitating illegal activity.
Another possibility is that Google’s method of identifying certain types of content like stealing software and entering the US illegally is of little interest to Googlers or its smart software.
A related question is, “What will slip through the gaps in the Bard system?”
Stephen E Arnold, February 10, 2023
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