Kids Can Easily Outplay YouTube, Get No Trouble With Its Math Quizzes

The latest version of YouTube Kids boasts of a protective feature: keep children safe by using basic math. In short, parents will be handed a set of controls to not only eye on what their children watch but also keep inappropriate content away from them by setting boundaries. However, the question is how effectively it will work as the locking control is reportedly easy to bypass in some cases, even a kid can.

Back in the past, the video-sharing platform had to face a lot of criticism regarding disturbing content and the controversial issue has still been on the go till now, despite a handful of company’s effort. In the latest move, Google earlier this week already announced a brand new website called YouTube Kids, which will trigger the attention of many parents due to its additional controls over their kids’ usage, especially age-appropriate content. It sounds very useful, but that’s when it never be so easily defeated.

Behind the curtains, YouTube Kids’ new supports include “content settings” and “clear history.” Parents can set specific entrance locks, which are now divided into three categories with related joyful content based on the age: Under-4, 5 to 7-year-old, and 8 to 12-year-old.

When parents opt for those settings, their kid will be locked into a chosen group. Unfortunately, they should keep in mind that their preferences will be ensured if their kids do not change them without parents’ awareness.

If making a custom password is not a ready-to-do practice for parents, they need to solve a math question to unlock the app as a parental check. However, the app is subject to being surpassed by an easy trick. Let’s see the video below to see how it works and how kids can enter the app by multiple times of trying, even they lack the ability to answer the math-lock question.