FireTV: Improve user switching - fix how PINs are entered so not visible onscreen

Situation:

  • I have two user accounts setup on Plex - one for me and my wife, and one for the kids
  • The kids account only has movies PG and under or that they can watch unattended and has no PIN
  • The adult account has movies that the kids can’t watch unattended or at all and is locked with a PIN

Problem:

  • to open the adult account the PIN entry screen shows a visible numeric keyboard on the TV, so anybody in the room can see the PIN including the kids. If they are there I have to ask them to look away…
  • not a good security solution as there’s no point having a PIN for ‘security’ if entry is visible

Solution:

  • adopt a similar PIN entry method to what the Amazon Fire does for pin entry where the PIN is hidden through the use of the cursors to enter - see below

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