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Well I went to turn this login thing off and the only way to do it was to click a button under the heading "Sync" that said "Turn Off." But if these things are
by rhizome 8y ago
Well I went to turn this login thing off and the only way to do it was to click a button under the heading "Sync" that said "Turn Off."
But if these things are unrelated, I guess we'll just have to chalk that up to Google's famously shitty product management and design skills.
- joshuamorton 8y agoSync and log in are two unrelated settings. They were never related (except that you had to be logged in to be able to sync). You could always be logged in and not sync. You just had previously chosen to be logged in and synced. By disabling syncing, you turned off a feature that you previously had to have opted in to.
- djrogers 8y agoNo, previously if you logged in sync was enabled - TFA and googles own privacy policy explain this quite clearly.
- joshuamorton 8y agoI'm pretty sure you could still turn it off while remaining logged in.
- cbo100 8y agoNope, clicking "Turn Off" under sync says: > This will sign you out of your Google accounts. And sure enough, it signs you out of gmail and the browser. So it's sign in to the browser, or no gmail for you.
- jiggunjer 8y agoYou could uncheck the boxes, but by default they were all checked and everything started syncing the moment you signed in. I remember because it bothered me to have to wipe my passwords from some random pc I was using just because I wanted my bookmarks.
- rhizome 8y agoSync and log in are two unrelated settings. They were never related I know what I saw. I was logged in, then I wasn't after I turned off Sync. They may not be related technically, but in the UI they are part and parcel.
- joshuamorton 8y agoInteresting, that's not what I recall, but apparently that's how it was. Thanks for correcting me!