You mentioned you have MFA activated, so you should also remove any App passwords[1] you might have created for the TV.
Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Google can't log them out
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#12I know this is going to sound ridiculous , but go to this random support forum and try to get ahold of Didi; they seem to have some kind of "in" with the account hijacking team and can get your account moved into a different kind of support queue. https://support.google.com/youtube/community
I do find it ridiculous that getting Google support has gotten to a point where people need to post for help on a forum in which they are hinted to go to another community and look for a person who has “in” with a team.
I really should move off Gmail.
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Unless there is a kind of DID that also makes you speak arabic (which you normally don't know how to) and shows your logged-in TV that you sold being located in a distant random location, I seriously doubt your theory.
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#15Could you try enabling advanced protection (if you are comfortable)? When I made that change I was forcefully logged out everywhere. (Disclaimer: used to work at Google, don't anymore, didn't work on accounts)
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#16"my old Smart TV that I gave away"
Gave away to whom ? Did you donate or give it to an actual person. Perhaps just ask them to log you out ? Or do you think they are a bad actor ?
Re: Tell HN: A stranger is using my YouTube account and Google can't log them out
#17Try enabling advanced data protection. If they can still log in then you have found a huge vuln.
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#18I know this is going to sound ridiculous , but go to this random support forum and try to get ahold of Didi; they seem to have some kind of "in" with the account hijacking team and can get your account moved into a different kind of support queue. https://support.google.com/youtube/community
I do find it ridiculous that getting Google support has gotten to a point where people need to post for help on a forum in which they are hinted to go to another community and look for a person who has “in” with a team. I really should move off Gmail.
> I really should move off Gmail.
Just curious, what's the line, if not this? Hypothetically of course, I'm okay with it if you're responding with "I'd rather not say" or "I don't know"
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#19What brand TV ?