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On Monday, 24 September 2018 08:09:30 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: |
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> > On 2018-09-24, at 02:47, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > From: |
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> > https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome |
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> > / |
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> > "A few weeks ago Google shipped an update to Chrome that fundamentally |
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> > changes the sign-in experience. From now on, every time you log into a |
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> > Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the |
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> > browser into your Google account for you. It’ll do this without asking, |
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> > or even explicitly notifying you. (However, and this is important: Google |
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> > developers claim this will not actually start synchronizing your data to |
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> > Google — yet. See further below.)" |
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> I use the Google features, with many Google accounts including ones I have |
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> no control of like work accounts. I have many Chrome profiles to avoid the |
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> confusion that Google is trying to solve with this feature. I wish they |
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> would solve it in a better way like allowing multiple user accounts open in |
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> one session complete with multi-account Gmail and others. I can understand |
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> that other users may not ever figure out to create separate profiles. |
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> I can understand not wanting this feature but unfortunately Google does not |
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> believe in options when it comes to Chrome. They are always removing or |
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> obscuring them. They seem to have a feeling that if there are options (more |
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> than one good default setting), something is wrong. |
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Unless I understood this wrong, 'Google Chrome' will not be able to perform |
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this (dis)service, unless you have enabled the "Offer to save passwords" |
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feature AND|OR you use Chrome to sign in to an Alphabet related website. |
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If you value your privacy you can leave the "Offer to save passwords" setting |
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disabled, or can use a profile where this is not enabled and can also avoid |
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ever using Chrome to sign in to any of Alphabet's creations. |
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Is Chromium also affected by this? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |