How can we improve the handling of hacked channels?

[yoshimo]

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Recently i came across multiple cases of hacked channels. They change name to something like "tesla live" and start a constant livestream and/or upload scammy videos about crypto currencies. If you refresh your subscription list eventually they are marked as "removed" while being restored to the channel owner. While this is ongoing the livestreams are stuck on the top of the subscription list.

I think we should:

• remove livestreams for deleted /blocked accounts until they are back.
• notice changes in the channel name as suspicious and offer the user to ignore them until the name changes again.
• suppress the "account is blocked" message on refresh until we have indications that the channel is back in its old state.

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[opusforlife2]

This seems like a problem for YT to handle.

[yoshimo]

YT will remove the account and restore the channel to its owner but Newpipe can protect the user against scam content.

[opusforlife2]

If any channel is hacked, there's no guarantee that it's only going to affect livestreams. The hacker could affect all older videos and upload new ones as well. Newpipe cannot possibly handle all cases of hacker tampering. The most likely solution will be YT's intrusion detection systems being improved.