Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents

Re:Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents by mind-blight on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @10:13AM (#40500938)

I've been using Firefox since Chrome forced users to sign in to the browser with their Google account, and I'm quite happy.

The only time it's a problem is when a site detects Firefox and won't display unlocked your using chrome or IE. I've only seen that a couple of times in the years since I switched back

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Re:Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents by Frank2312 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:06AM (#40501419)

Even in that case,there are Firefox extensions to change your user agent. Suddenly the app requesting Chrome/Edge works perfectly, even though we are running in Firefox.

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Re:Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents by kernal on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:05AM (#40501408)

How did Chrome force you to log in? I've been using it signed out for the longest time.

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Re:Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents by mind-blight on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:13AM (#40501486)

Back in 2018, Chrome released an update that automatically logged users into the browser if they'd logged into a google. It was done silently and automatically, and it was a pain to log out of. They faced a ton of backlash (https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-faces-privacy-backlash-ove...) and rolled the feature back, but that was the tipping point for me. I've been a happy Firefox user since

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