Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of Chrome browser change

Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by comex on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:34PM (#18062070)

Yeah, except:

> This will enable automatic notifications in Gmail

> sync passwords and web history

Chrome 69 does not enable either of these things just by signing into Gmail. (Sync being a separate opt-in has been well discussed. I just tested notifications on a new profile: they're not automatically enabled, and if I try to enable them in Gmail settings, I still get the usual browser permissions dialog.)

> and also automatically log into other Google websites when you visit them.

...and this one would happen regardless of any browser involvement.

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Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by breatheoften on Monday September 24, 2018 @07:27PM (#18062361)

I’m still not clear about how exactly this new feature is decoupled from sync. Where is the source of truth for the sync setting — is it in cloud or locally in every browser profile?

If I have chrome sync enabled in browser on desktop a, then login to gmail in chrome on desktop b — is the browser history on desktop b now synced ...?

Also curious whether sync implies that old browser history in desktop b is synced to my account or is it guaranteed to be the case that “only browser data collected while logged in” is eligible for being synced between devices ...?

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