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Related to this, I recently was wishing I could separate some|all of my Google services with extra or different passwords. I'm not exactly sure what I want as

Related to this, I recently was wishing I could separate some|all of my Google services with extra or different passwords. I'm not exactly sure what I want as far as design vs. usability but it feels bad right now to have one password for the amount of data that it's protecting, especially when I have to enter it occasionally for more "fluffy" services.

patio11 16y ago
This is the number one reason I don't use Google for OpenID (which, I swear, could not be designed better to encourage phishing if you tried: "Get in the habit of automatically typing your holiest of holy credentials right after clicking the link on a site you've never been at before"). I wouldn't really mind getting my Reader account broken into. But AdWords, with mounts of sensitive data and the ability to inflict huge charges on me? Google Checkout, with names and addresses of half of my customers a finger-flick away? Gmail, which could probably be bootstrapped into a password reset at my brokerage, bank, or GoDaddy? shudder Google, if you want more of my money, I'll happily pay for a dongle. If you don't know how to make one, have somebody break out the petty cash drawer and buy Blizzard, I hear they have one for critically sensitive information like WoW characters.
lionhearted 16y ago
Even worse, if you've got multiple Google accounts, you can't use them at the same time. So if you've got a separate junk email throwaway account, you can't be logged into there and Adwords or Docs at the same time. You can skirt this a little bit with Google Apps and have an email + other Google services open, but kind of a pain in the neck, especially if you manage a couple different businesses/projects/whatever that should have their own email addresses.
- borisk 16y ago
  With "Private browsing" in IE and Firefox you can be logged in with different accounts at the same time.
- vdm 16y ago
  +1. Google should assume that any Apps user also has a personal Google account and design accordingly.

patio11 16y ago

This is the number one reason I don't use Google for OpenID (which, I swear, could not be designed better to encourage phishing if you tried: "Get in the habit of automatically typing your holiest of holy credentials right after clicking the link on a site you've never been at before"). I wouldn't really mind getting my Reader account broken into. But AdWords, with mounts of sensitive data and the ability to inflict huge charges on me? Google Checkout, with names and addresses of half of my customers a finger-flick away? Gmail, which could probably be bootstrapped into a password reset at my brokerage, bank, or GoDaddy? shudder Google, if you want more of my money, I'll happily pay for a dongle. If you don't know how to make one, have somebody break out the petty cash drawer and buy Blizzard, I hear they have one for critically sensitive information like WoW characters.

lionhearted 16y ago

Even worse, if you've got multiple Google accounts, you can't use them at the same time. So if you've got a separate junk email throwaway account, you can't be logged into there and Adwords or Docs at the same time. You can skirt this a little bit with Google Apps and have an email + other Google services open, but kind of a pain in the neck, especially if you manage a couple different businesses/projects/whatever that should have their own email addresses.

borisk 16y ago
With "Private browsing" in IE and Firefox you can be logged in with different accounts at the same time.
vdm 16y ago
+1. Google should assume that any Apps user also has a personal Google account and design accordingly.