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

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Post by junon »

yuppie_scum wrote: post #41
PeledYuval wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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

"You can just"

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

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

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Post by operator-name »

PeledYuval wrote: post #35
japanman425 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really. It’s just a long lived refresh token. You can revoke the app it’s associated to but OP seems unaware.

Please, if I missed a method to revoke access - let me know how. I'm not being sarcastic, I think I've tried everything there is to try

I think he's talking about https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3466521?hl=en

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

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Post by iinnPP »

creakingstairs wrote: post #12
saurik wrote: post #2

I 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 made the switch as my new year's resolution after a Google support agent gave my info to my wife without my permission. They didn't know it was my wife.

Google refused to make it right. I refused to continue with them.

What a breath of fresh air. I am with Fastmail now.

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

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Post by wereallterrrist »

carmsden wrote: post #56

I've actually had this issue myself. It was a rogue chrome extension that was racking up massive viewing numbers on these videos. Disable all your extensions and see if your problem stops.

That's... interesting. I wonder if it's a hustle. Buy a Chrome extension, sell "YT views", use unsuspecting victims to siphon their YT cookie and rack up fake views. Maybe?

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

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Post by gremlinsinc »

Wife and I stayed at Ronald McDonald House when our kid needed some doctors appts up in Salt Lake 4 hours away. Someone's youtube account was logged in, and I'm not sure how long it was that way. They really liked 'dr nosleep' channel apparently.

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

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Post by bouke »

m000 wrote: post #38
sdiacom wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why shouldn't tier-1 support be able to forward this to someone who is the slightest bit technical, who can then make the call to report this to the relevant security team? There's no reason why tier-1 support has to be this irredeemably useless. Just put someone in the loop who knows when _not_ to blindly follow a script. It really isn't that hard.

> There's no reason why tier-1 support has to be this irredeemably useless. There is. They're probably non-Google employees, leased en-masse from the cheapest support center Google could find.

has vs would

It is a deliberate choice to offer inferior support that isn’t able to deal with security issues.

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