Just figured I'd note:
In theory, it's possible to create a video that incorporates signal patterns that can make your display puke itself. In *theory*. In practice, it's only really possible with CRT displays -- TV-style monitors, basically -- and not even then, really. The encoding scheme(s) that web-based video uses pretty much precludes any possibility of those out-of-band signals making it through, and modern systems won't notice them anyway.
TL;DR version: Your mom is incorrect. You can't catch a virus from Youtube that eats your display.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
In theory, it's possible to create a video that incorporates signal patterns that can make your display puke itself. In *theory*. In practice, it's only really possible with CRT displays -- TV-style monitors, basically -- and not even then, really. The encoding scheme(s) that web-based video uses pretty much precludes any possibility of those out-of-band signals making it through, and modern systems won't notice them anyway.
TL;DR version: Your mom is incorrect. You can't catch a virus from Youtube that eats your display.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs