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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by petre on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:24PM (#28634777)
I was spooked enough yesterday by newsweek offering to take my money and showing my gmail user details! Why do third party sites have access to my full name? I'm running an adblocker, a DNS block list, disabled third party cookies etc. Anyway I think my gmail account's days are numbered. Maybe I am willing to trust Google or at least compromise but not newsweek.
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by mjg59 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:40PM (#28635041)
My recollection is that they don't - the content that includes your gmail data is served to you by Google, not by Newsweek.
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by smolder on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:14PM (#28635507)
Stop using chrome if you don't like that feature (where the browser offers to sign up with your credentials).
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by jsnell on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:14PM (#28636275)
Is it a Chrome feature? I'd always assumed it was just an iframe, and would work the same on any browser.
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by _delirium on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:19PM (#28637959)
Yeah, it happens in Firefox for me too. If I'm signed in to Gmail in Firefox and visit, say, Kayak or Priceline, I get the same popup. Safari seems to block it though.
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by passerby1 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:47PM (#28638105)
Anyone knows how to disable it?
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by temphnaccount on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:31AM (#28640271)
You can go to

https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?continue=https://my...

And disable Google Account Sign In prompts

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by rolandog on Friday September 24, 2021 @04:28AM (#28639890)
I use several extensions that allow you to explicitly approve certain features or give permission to run JavaScript.

Out of the top of my head: NoScript, Trace [0], uBlock origin, Decentraleyes, Privacy badger.

As well as using a pi-hole.

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/absolutedoubl...

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by Tom4hawk on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:37AM (#28641525)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-contai...
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by smolder on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:11PM (#28654219)
There's a particular type of "login/signup to this site with your google account" popup that only happens in chrome. From the comment posted, that appeared to be what they meant.
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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by petre on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:12AM (#28638542)
I'm using Firefox.
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