{"id":1308,"date":"2020-12-10T22:44:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T22:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2020-12-10T23:41:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T23:41:14","slug":"osint-and-hidden-content-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/10\/osint-and-hidden-content-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Osint Me Tricky Thursday #7 &#8211; Hidden content on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1308\" class=\"elementor elementor-1308\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a15fed3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a15fed3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d689a7c\" data-id=\"d689a7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe79a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fe79a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>NOTE: This is a revised and updated version of my article published originally in the <a href=\"https:\/\/eforensicsmag.com\/product\/unveiling-the-hidden-content-on-youtube\/\">E-Forensics Magazine<\/a> in May 2020.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47642fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47642fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c8b7bf\" data-id=\"2c8b7bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa2e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6aa2e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/YouTube-logo-OSINT.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1310\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/YouTube-logo-OSINT.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/YouTube-logo-OSINT.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/YouTube-logo-OSINT.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27e28cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27e28cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03d8dfc\" data-id=\"03d8dfc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-910afb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"910afb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There isn\u2019t a more famous and well regarded source of video content on the whole Internet than YouTube \u2013 this is a commonly known fact.<\/p><p>What is also commonly known is that some videos on YouTube are not accessible to the general public and are uploaded in secrecy, to be shared only with a precisely defined audience.<\/p><p>Investigators often limit their searches to searching by keywords or to utilising advanced Google operators to maximise potential keyword results.<\/p><p>However, when searching for hidden content on YouTube, keyword searches don\u2019t work in most cases.<\/p><p>Sometimes when we know the exact date range, we might be able to uncover some content, especially if it was copied or shared amongst several profiles and it was not deleted from every single one.<\/p><p>But this often depends on being able to locate and source the videos from sources other than the YouTube platform.<\/p><p>So what can we do on YouTube itself?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a37b5c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a37b5c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-374f83e\" data-id=\"374f83e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bd38e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1bd38e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Types of YouTube content<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf72cc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf72cc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81b611c\" data-id=\"81b611c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640dc0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"640dc0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When a user uploads a video to YouTube, there are three main privacy settings to choose from for that<br \/>video:<\/p><p><strong>1. Public<\/strong> \u2013 nearly every video on YouTube, by default viewable by anybody, anywhere, with no<br \/>restrictions.<\/p><p><strong>2. Private<\/strong> \u2013 an invitation-only video, not searchable, not indexed anywhere and not visible publicly.<br \/>Sharing private videos with users who were not invited to view them does not work and no connection<br \/>and viewing of such videos is possible.<\/p><p><strong>3. Unlisted<\/strong> \u2013 a video that does not display on a user\u2019s channel and is not searchable. However, unlisted<br \/>videos do not disappear from the public YouTube stream \u2013 you simply have to have the correct URL link<br \/>that is also shareable with other users.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcf5341 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcf5341\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2889a62\" data-id=\"2889a62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4914e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4914e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are two good methods of searching for unlisted videos.<\/p><p>The first method involves using Google search operators to search for specific text that YouTube used<br \/>to mark unlisted videos with:<\/p><p><em><strong>site:youtube.com &#8220;This video is unlisted&#8221; OR &#8220;This video is unlisted. Only those with the link can <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>see it&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>This is a very broad search and it\u2019s based on detecting the above text.<\/p><p>It will not be very useful for searching for specific keywords, it will simply return videos from the site (YouTube) marked with the phrases seen above.<\/p><p>Note that many of the videos found this way are old and that some have been listed publicly since being initially unlisted on users\u2019 profiles. Yet, they are still associated with being unlisted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e020ba5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e020ba5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a03f754\" data-id=\"a03f754\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e6bb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6e6bb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-1.png?fit=649%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-1.png?w=649&amp;ssl=1 649w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-1.png?resize=285%2C300&amp;ssl=1 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d96a525 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d96a525\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7807482\" data-id=\"7807482\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-becd703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"becd703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are trying to find specific content by keywords that appear in the title, you can modify your search to something like this:<\/p><p><em><strong>site:youtube.com &#8220;This video is unlisted&#8221; intitle:joke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56de7f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56de7f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b95a6aa\" data-id=\"b95a6aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e2815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42e2815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-2.png?fit=788%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1312\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-2.png?w=788&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-2.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-2.png?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c06e69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c06e69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c05561c\" data-id=\"c05561c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e1ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e1ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The second method can be more reliable, but this depends on the context of your investigation.<\/p><p>There is a website that indexes unlisted videos:<\/p><p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/unlistedvideos.com\/\">http:\/\/unlistedvideos.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>There you can search for a more defined keyword.<\/p><p>To illustrate this with an example, let\u2019s search for a well known British boxer, Amir Khan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fbcaa9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fbcaa9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92ba1e6\" data-id=\"92ba1e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b665d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b665d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-3.png?fit=706%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-3.png?w=706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-3.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b9da87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b9da87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-226a5f6\" data-id=\"226a5f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee40bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee40bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can follow the video from the link, which brings us to the original video on Reebok\u2019s official YouTube channel:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ECadNbHrNig\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ECadNbHrNig<\/a><\/p><p>The video will play as normal and you can freely share it.<\/p><p>But to contrast this, if you were to manually look for it on Reebok\u2019s official YouTube channel, it won&#8217;t be found there\u2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7385e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7385e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6377d3\" data-id=\"b6377d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f7bc47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f7bc47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-4.png?fit=795%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1314\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-4.png?w=795&amp;ssl=1 795w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-4.png?resize=300%2C69&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-4.png?resize=768%2C178&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fdba64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fdba64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-249f94a\" data-id=\"249f94a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-299eb04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"299eb04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preview a YouTube video by frames<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87ceb58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87ceb58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-520d8e4\" data-id=\"520d8e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a6ba11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a6ba11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every video on YouTube that is indexed and available online has its frames captured and recorded by the platform.<\/p><p>Triaging a video by frames can be useful if you are trying to get a quick YES\/NO answer or perhaps to reverse search for those image frames on Google or elsewhere.<\/p><p>To illustrate this, we can use our Amir Khan video from Reebok:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ECadNbHrNig\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ECadNbHrNig<\/a><\/p><p><strong>ECadNbHrNig<\/strong> \u2013 this is the unique video identifier.<\/p><p>Use that to paste into the URL as seen below:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/0.jpg\">https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/0.jpg<\/a><\/p><p>You can then manipulate the digits (but only from 0 to 3) in order to preview the video frames captured<br \/>by YouTube.<\/p><p>Note that the first frame marked with 0 will have the best quality.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/0.jpg\">https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/0.jpg<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/1.jpg\">https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/1.jpg<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/2.jpg\">https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/2.jpg<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/3.jpg\">https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ECadNbHrNig\/3.jpg<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69eed75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69eed75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63ae454\" data-id=\"63ae454\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397f866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"397f866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-5.png?fit=554%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1315\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-5.png?w=554&amp;ssl=1 554w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-5.png?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efc315e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efc315e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07480c7\" data-id=\"07480c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60656b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60656b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finding deleted videos on YouTube\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7309b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7309b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3995097\" data-id=\"3995097\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7776615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7776615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When a video gets removed from YouTube, it is gone off the platform for good.<\/p><p>But we know that in many cases (not always) online content tends to stick around in places other than where it was initially uploaded.<\/p><p>Sometimes, YouTube videos get indexed by the Wayback Machine, depending on how long they were available for before they were removed.<\/p><p>For example, our Amir Khan video is not archived by the Wayback Machine, therefore it\u2019s not accessible on that archive.<\/p><p>But to demonstrate this technique works and how it works, I intentionally picked an old video that was on YouTube for a long time before it was deleted for violating YouTube\u2019s terms of service:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1wjL4BqXlI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1wjL4BqXlI<\/a><\/p><p>The link to the Wayback Machine content for this video is here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121101000000*\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1wjL4BqXlI\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121101000000*\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1wjL4BqXlI<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f783357 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f783357\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04748d0\" data-id=\"04748d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf5133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bf5133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-6.png?fit=543%2C624&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1316\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-6.png?w=543&amp;ssl=1 543w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Youtube-OSINT-hidden-6.png?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8757d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8757d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89cc4a7\" data-id=\"89cc4a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7904123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7904123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Navigating through various snapshots of the Wayback Machine we notice that we not only have access to various older iterations of YouTube, but also to comments located under the video, as well as some useful information such as user account names, user interactions, additional URL links, etc.<\/p><p>In this case the actual video does not play (it\u2019s a HTML archive), but you can navigate through video frames using the slider under the video screen.<\/p><p>Also this method allows for scraping additional content and taking it away for the purpose of conducting further investigation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d6350d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d6350d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecfb801\" data-id=\"ecfb801\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc08577 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc08577\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">List of Youtube search filter links <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ce6ca5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ce6ca5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-382e03f\" data-id=\"382e03f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0bd09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c0bd09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Above I illustrated some methods of manipulating URLs to obtain Youtube video frames.<\/p><p>Youtube allows you to use search filters to narrow down search criteria and these filters are accessible from the Youtube page after you have conducted your initial search.<\/p><p>Sometimes however it might be easier to go directly to the URL and search from there.<\/p><p>This works well with settings like incognito mode or whenever for some reason you don&#8217;t want to use Youtube&#8217;s search interface (digital footprint?) or be logged in and associate your search activity with your Google account.<\/p><p>So how does this work?<\/p><p>Let&#8217;s imagine we want to search for a term <strong>&#8220;pasta&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><p>To search directly from the URL, simply replace the term &#8220;pasta&#8221; in the URL string with a keyword of interest (I marked it in <strong>bold<\/strong> within the URLs below).<\/p><p>Any time you have a space (like for instance &#8220;tasty pasta&#8221;), the URL string must containt a + symbol instead of a space, so you are searching for <strong>&#8220;tasty+pasta&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><ul><li><strong>YT Channel search:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?sp=EgIQAg%253D%253D&amp;search_query=pasta\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?sp=EgIQAg%253D%253D&amp;search_query=<strong>pasta<\/strong><\/a><\/p><ul><li><strong>YT Playlist search:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?sp=EgIQAw%253D%253D&amp;search_query=pasta\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?sp=EgIQAw%253D%253D&amp;search_query=<strong>pasta<\/strong><\/a><\/p><ul><li><strong>YT Live Video search:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?sp=EgJAAQ%253D%253D&amp;search_query=pasta\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?sp=EgJAAQ%253D%253D&amp;search_query=<strong>pasta<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cdbde0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cdbde0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-907800a\" data-id=\"907800a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5201c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed5201c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>PS. 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