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YouTube has introduced a new feature. Your kids definitely won’t like her

YouTube introduced a new parental lock this year. However, it had a security flaw that has now been patched by Google. Thanks to this change, you will effectively block your children from accessing content intended for older people.

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Now children won’t be able to bypass YouTube security so easily

In July 2024, Google integrated YouTube Kids into the main YouTube app on Smart TV. YouTube Kids started from YouTube after selecting the children’s profile. However, this did not stop children from changing their profiles.

That’s why Google has now decided to introduce a new mechanism: parental codes. They act like a PIN that makes it happen you cannot change your profile without itand also prevents the profile from being intentionally deleted. Without a parental code, you cannot watch videos intended for people aged 13+ after logging out.

This new security mechanism is being rolled out as an update now, although it may take some time before it is available to everyone. It’s somewhat surprising that it took almost half a year for Google to realize that it had created such serious vulnerabilities that could have been trivially worked around.

To set a parental code, follow these steps:

  • open the YouTube app on your smart TV
  • select Settings
  • go to the Parental code tab
  • follow the instructions to set (or reset) your 4-digit parental code

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