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"YouTube has no limit on amount of video that you can upload. This means that it is effectively infinite cloud storage if you were able to embed files into video with some kind of tool. ISG (Infinite-Storage-Glitch) is the tool. ISG is a program I wrote that lets you embed any files inside a video that survives compression on YouTube. They can be downloaded back and the files retrieved. This results in practically infinite storage space as long as YouTube doesn't start complaining. This video is a demo of the program. Try the program on the video to see what files are inside (no it's not just a rick roll) Github page: https://github.com/DvorakDwarf/Infini... Discord: HistidineDwarf#8927 GitHub: DvorakDwarf"
The proof of concept code from [DvorakDwarf] works by encoding binary files into video files which can then be uploaded to the video sharing service. It’s hardly a new idea as there were clever boxes back in the 16-bit era that would do the same with a VHS video recorder, but it seems that for the moment it does what it says, and turns YouTube into an infinite cloud file store.
The README goes into a bit of detail about how the code tries to avoid the effects of YouTube’s compression algorithm. It eschews RGB color for black and white pixels, and each displayed pixel in the video is made of a block of the real pixels. The final video comes in at around four times the size of the original file, and looks like noise on the screen. There’s an example video, which we’ve placed below the break.
Whether this is against YouTube’s TOS is probably open for interpretation, but we’re guessing that the video site could spot these uploads with relative ease and apply a stronger compression algorithm which would corrupt them. As an alternate approach, we recommend hiding all your important data in podcast episodes
"YouTube has no limit on amount of video that you can upload. This means that it is effectively infinite cloud storage if you were able to embed files into video with some kind of tool. ISG (Infinite-Storage-Glitch) is the tool. ISG is a program I wrote that lets you embed any files inside a video that survives compression on YouTube. They can be downloaded back and the files retrieved. This results in practically infinite storage space as long as YouTube doesn't start complaining. This video is a demo of the program. Try the program on the video to see what files are inside (no it's not just a rick roll) Github page: https://github.com/DvorakDwarf/Infini... Discord: HistidineDwarf#8927 GitHub: DvorakDwarf"
The proof of concept code from [DvorakDwarf] works by encoding binary files into video files which can then be uploaded to the video sharing service. It’s hardly a new idea as there were clever boxes back in the 16-bit era that would do the same with a VHS video recorder, but it seems that for the moment it does what it says, and turns YouTube into an infinite cloud file store.
The README goes into a bit of detail about how the code tries to avoid the effects of YouTube’s compression algorithm. It eschews RGB color for black and white pixels, and each displayed pixel in the video is made of a block of the real pixels. The final video comes in at around four times the size of the original file, and looks like noise on the screen. There’s an example video, which we’ve placed below the break.
Whether this is against YouTube’s TOS is probably open for interpretation, but we’re guessing that the video site could spot these uploads with relative ease and apply a stronger compression algorithm which would corrupt them. As an alternate approach, we recommend hiding all your important data in podcast episodes
