How a computer that 'drunk dials' videos is exposing YouTube's secrets

[larubbio]

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250213-youtube-at-20-a-computer-that-drunk-dials-online-videos-reveals-statistics-that-google-doesnt-want-you-to-know

[chaara-dev]

> Gangnam Style's identifier is 9bZkp7q19f0, for example.

Slightly disappointed they used Gangman Style instead of a rick roll for their YouTube link example :P

[belter → chaara-dev]

They also used this Star Wars R2D2 secret message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj1ykZWtPYI