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Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by nicolas_lorenzi on Thursday December 22, 2022 @10:50AM (#34094561)
Interesting
Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by 2Gkashmiri on Thursday December 22, 2022 @10:51AM (#34094582)
i have been contemplating submitting to ublock cosmetics repo this abomination but never pushed for it. maybe i was not the only one
Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by toomuchtodo on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:32PM (#34096692)
Please consider still doing so!
Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by Symbiote on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:12AM (#34094882)
These popups "Sign in Symbiote!" prompted me to set up Container Tabs on Firefox to isolate Google services from everything else.

I find it creepy when some random website shows a popup containing my real name.

Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by vollkornbrot on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:37AM (#34095230)
Why do these popups exist? Can google not track me without them since i normally am logged in to Google anyways?
Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by plusminusplus on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:42PM (#34096082)
Good: users have requested "back-up" emails in case they forget the one they signed up with, and some prefer the Google UX to whatever shitty auth the site hand-rolled

Bad: We want more of your info

Yes, Google Analytics can track you without logging into Google.

UX that shows a "login with Google!" popover for a user that's already logged in immediately get added to the `display: none` list

Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by rolph on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:54AM (#34095471)
that sounds like a really good idea, you shouldnt have to sign in more than once in a session, if you do have to, something is amiss!

ubiquitous sign-in demands create what amounts to a smokescreen for eviltwin popups, allowing hats to phish for google sign-in creds...at scale

Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by mikestew on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:00PM (#34095540)
Given that google.com/Manage My Account/Security/Signing in with Google/Google Account sign-in prompts doesn't seem to do what you would think it does (I still get "sign in with google" prompts despite the toggle being "off"), this might be worth a look.
Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by Kukumber on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:13PM (#34096463)
Funny coming from the people who helped spread Bing trackers for years
Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by lancesells on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:55PM (#34096979)
This might work across all sites.

div#credential_picker_container { display:none !important; }

Re:DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups by kristianp on Thursday December 22, 2022 @03:46PM (#34098426)
It would be more accurate for the title to say "duckduckgo extension".

It's ironic that commentary about how much screen the google popup takes is on a website with a video window that takes up about a third of the screen on mobile.