Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Google can't log them out

Re:Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Googl... by robgibbons on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:31PM (#34268545)

Just delete your YT account, and create a new one. From what I just read, it should be possible to delete YT without deleting your whole Google account.

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Re:Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Googl... by PeledYuval on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:37PM (#34268603)

This is a solution of last resort that I still don't want to go for

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Re:Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Googl... by yuppie_scum on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:35PM (#34269798)

Why? You can just re subscribe to everything. Your YouTube history is more valuable to Google than to you.

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Re:Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Googl... by ehPReth on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:06PM (#34270838)

watched videos no longer watched as watched, playlists gone, "algorithm" reset, having to resub to everything, just a big pain and no guarantee it would even solve the problem

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Re:Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Googl... by junon on Friday January 06, 2023 @03:50AM (#34272490)

"You can just"

That's never a good argument for a real security issue. People should be able to control their security profile outright.

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