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YouTube’s block feature made it easy to uncover any account’s email address.
A clever and since-fixed exploit allowed a security researcher to find the email address belonging to any YouTube account through a roundabout series of steps. Strangely enough, the Pixel Recorder app played an important role in spilling the Google account details.
Google’s security panel initially awarded the researcher $3,133 before upping the total to $10,000 — a sum that many on Hacker News still find rather low considering the exploit.
Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000
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