Ytube.com /activate !!top!! -

Go to youtube.com/activate . Type the code. Click allow.

The page loads. It’s minimalist, almost sterile. It asks for one thing: that messy, untypeable code you are squinting at from across the room. ytube.com /activate

Panic sets in. Then, you glance at the bottom of the screen and see the lifeline: “Go to youtube.com/activate on your computer or phone.” Go to youtube

You tap the keys. You hit Allow .

Instead, it uses the device you trust (your phone) to vouch for the device you don’t trust yet (the TV). It is a quick, quiet treaty between two screens. It is the digital handshake that says, “You can trust this TV; I know this phone.” “You can trust this TV