YouTube has withdrawn a strike it levied against ethical cybersecurity organization Hacker Interchange, drawing attention to its policies about videos that teach viewers how to hack. Hacker Interchange describes itself as “a team of ethical hackers, media producers, and STEM student volunteers that love teaching beginners about computer science, security, and STEM fundamentals.” The organization produces the educational YouTube video series Cyber Weapons Lab, about the latest technology used in ethical hacking -- which is, as you may have guessed, hacking for ethical purposes, such as testing the strength of a security system, rather than nefarious ones.
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