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pugsherpa
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Authentication should be required to switch to the admin account on Quest 3

I've created two supervised child accounts, I've added both accounts to our one headset (Quest 3).  My account is the admin/parent supervisory account.  When I go to the "switch accounts" interface, I can select either child account.  But once I'm in that child account, I can just click "switch accounts" and become the other child or the admin without any prompt for passcode or any other kind of authentication. 

This defeats the purpose of enabling parental controls on the child accounts if they can just switch to the admin account at will.  I must be missing something obvious, but I can't figure out how to keep account switching limited for the non-privileged users.  

I've enabled the headset passcode, but that's not the same thing.  That just gives access to the headset.  Once any user is admitted to the headset, they can become any of the accounts that are added to that headset including the admin.  I keep reading about some kind of swipe pattern that was used on the Quest 2 but I haven't seen any menu items on Quest 3 that allude to a swipe pattern.  I'm sure I'm missing something.

  • I have somehow set it up where it not only asks for a passcode at bootup but also whenever you try to switch to the admin account from the child accounts. Just tested it to make sure I wasn't imagining that.

    In Settings > Security > This Headset, I have the following settings:

    Passcode: (I set one)

    Unlock headset checked

    Use saved passwords checked

    Locked Apps checked

     

    Edit: It asks for the admin passcode when coming out of sleep, but you can hit the back arrow and then switch to a non-admin account. I feel like the only annoyance left is that you can't have it require the passcode to get into the admin account, but not require the passcode when accessing child account on on bootup. The workaround is to always leave the headset on and sleep it (and leave it on the charger) when they are done, but that's not a 100% solution.

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