SafeSearch YouTube Restricted Mode

Yeah I have to agree with everyone else. Not having the option to turn off Restricted mode at will is far too restrictive. I understand the intent behind the merge but that control should be left with the end user not the developer. Needs fixed ASAP!!

Yeah I have to agree with everyone else. Not having the option to turn off Restricted mode at will is far too restrictive. I understand the intent behind the merge but that control should be left with the end user not the developer. Needs fixed ASAP!!

Fully agree. Would LOVE to be able to separate the enforcement of SafeSearch and Restricted Mode. What would be even better would be if these enforcements could be applied per firewall rule or web policy. That... would be amazing.

We're currently experiencing a significant issue with our Sophos XG450 and its enforcement of YouTube Restricted Mode. When a user (teacher or student) is in Google and searches for anything + youtube (e.g. search string = "roger federer youtube" Google returns a list of YouTube videos. When the teacher or student clicks on ANY of these links, they all return as being "This video is restricted. Try signing in with a Google Apps account." Needless to say, signing in to Google makes no difference.

It would seem that XG, by enforcing YouTube Restricted Mode, is somehow breaking the web requests, leading to every YouTube video search being blocked with the restricted message.

PLEASE NOTE: This occurs when the user is searching at https://www.google.com.au. When they search within YouTube (https://www,youtube.com), they get a list of videos that are not restricted.

I spent 2 hours in a logmein sessions with Sophos Support yesterday. They've escalated our case.

If anyone has found a solution to this problem please let me know.

Thanks, Mark.