Trespassing stunts, cheating or spying how-tos
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Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Teaching unauthorised access to systems, devices or property, trespassing stunts (overnight in stores), impersonating store staff, spyware or wiretapping tutorials, e-sports cheats, essay mills, beating drug tests, fake IDs.
What YouTube says
“Promoting or glorifying trespassing, such as overnight stunts in a secured building.”
How to fix it
Show permission for location stunts, frame security topics as education, and drop essay-service sponsors.
Good to know
Look for trespass or 'overnight in a store' stunts, posing as store staff, phone-tracking or wiretap how-tos, hacking tools for competitive e-sports, essay-writing sponsors, drug-test cheats and fake IDs. Does NOT count (explicitly OK for ads): game cheats and mods outside competitive e-sports, VPNs, phone jailbreaks, bug bounties, and news or education about e-sports hacking.
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Related YouTube rules
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