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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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