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 More options Feb 20, 8:25 pm
From: YouTube Timmy
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:25:58 -0800 (PST)
Local: Fri, Feb 20 2009 8:25 pm
Subject: Re: phishing www.youtube-nocookie.com
Hi guys,

The privacy policy link you see on your embed player is in response to
federal regulations regarding privacy on embed players. We're working
to remove it from state and local .gov sites as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience.
Timmy

On Feb 20, 11:03 am, ebbixx wrote:

> Don't look too hard for a problem on your side... Since this is also
> popping up at the Kentucky Dept. of Transportation (and probably on
> other local government sites that just haven't found their way here to
> report it) I seriously doubt it was anyone on your end.

> And FWIW, friends who know this stuff say that thewww.youtube-
> nocookie.com/t/privacy link is actually a legit link that belongs to
> Google.  YouTube's tech staff have been informed and are looking into
> this, but it does not *appear* to actually be a phishing expo, though
> I agree it looked that way on the face of things.

> It shouldn't be there, and hopefully this is a priority fix for
> YouTube, or will be if its as widespread as it might be.

> On Feb 20, 9:35 am, KalamazooLibrary wrote:

> > Ahhh... interesting. The text DOES display immediately when a new
> > video is posted but ONLY when posted on this site - they display
> > normally when posted elsewhere. So, it must be a script within our cms
> > somewhere... Still bunk that the link leads to a bogus site.

> > On Feb 20, 9:25 am, KalamazooLibrary wrote:

> > > Thanks for your input - wondered about that, but there's nothing weird
> > > in the embedded code - other than size modification, it's clean as
> > > provided by YouTube. You're right, though... there are no annotoations
> > > in the video itself and the link only displays on the embedded ones.
> > > I'll try adding a new video and see if that does it.

> > > On Feb 20, 9:12 am, ebbixx wrote:

> > > > Revision... this seems to have been a hack of your embedded video
> > > > player on the Library site?  It may have nothing to do with video
> > > > annotations, since it just appears in the embedded player, not while
> > > > the videos play?  Does someone working on the site have a grudge, or
> > > > has someone with access to the site set-up been laid off lately?

> > > > I'd take a close look at the code for the embedded player.

> > > > On Feb 20, 8:36 am, KalamazooLibrary wrote:

> > > > > As of this morning, all of our embedded videos now display a bogus
> > > > > "Video player privacy policy" message with a link to "www.youtube-
> > > > > nocookie.com/t/privacy" - it's obviously a phishing site (designed to
> > > > > look exactly like youtube). Anyone else seen this? If so, how do we
> > > > > get rid of these? (already changed all passwords, etc.)  Here are
> > > > > examples:http://www.kpl.gov/video/ What a pain - Thanks!- Hide quoted text -

> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

> > > - Show quoted text -


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