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Yes, this pauses sync when you sign out of Gmail.

• jiggunjer 8y ago
  No. Pauses sync but doesn't sign out Chrome. So a person could still see your history/bookmarks/passwords in the logged-in browser. They just can't wipe your cloud data (which I think was the same before this update).
  • md_ 8y ago
    You mean they can see local history? Sure, but that’s true in most browsers. That’s nothing to do with your signed in state, right?
    • jiggunjer 8y ago
      Yes I was thinking about chrome profiles. My mistake. But from what I remember, when you choose to log out, Chrome prompts you if you want to wipe your local data. So logging out locally allows you to protect some data. I think there was a way to log out remotely (tricky/weird way), though again without the local-wipe prompt. I also just tried signing in to chrome (69.0.3497.100), and it tried to sync immediately again, so I'm not sure where the "sync is optional" idea comes from?