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I'm really not a fan of sites that pop up "Log in with Google" with your account details prefilled. It's creepy.

by hayyyyydos 4y ago

woodrowbarlow 4y ago
your browser or password manager is pre-filling the details, not the site.
- Liquid_Fire 4y ago
  No, this is Google providing authentication with your Google account to third-party websites. If you are already logged into a Google account, it suggests that you log in with that account with a popup saying "Continue as <your name>" and shows your email and avatar. It's an iframe so the website itself doesn't have access to your data, but this is not obvious just from looking at it - it looks like part of the site. To me it feels like it teaches users to trust websites in ways that make them susceptible to phishing.
  - notRobot 4y ago
    Ah, I didn't know that it's an iframe and I'm always a bit creeped out by it (it really isn't obvious!). Thanks!
  - jtsiskin 4y ago
    Yeah, that’s why I dislike it as well. Imagine the same “sign in with google popup” but it’s just a floated div on the page. A user who uses the “continue as button” might be comfortable typing their password in there, thinking it’s part of the browser
rmbyrro 4y ago
It's Google who knows your data, not the site.
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- hayyyyydos 4y ago
  I completely understand that - but it's still creepy, and it's a reminder of how big tech follows you around the internet. As soon as I see it, I choose to leave the website.
SquareWheel 4y ago
I don't like it either. You can thankfully turn it off in your Google settings. https://www.howtogeek.com/735152/how-to-turn-off-the-sign-in-with-google-prompt-on-websites/ https://www.howtogeek.com/735152/how-to-turn-off-the-sign-in...
- slimginz 4y ago
  Thank you! I try my hardest not to use Google for anything besides Gmail and YouTube and that popup always infuriated me. Had no idea you could turn it off.
rossdavidh 4y ago
I did not experience any such thing when clicking on this link. I use FF and Ubuntu, but I do have a Google account that is linked to plenty of other stuff.

I'm really not a fan of sites that pop up "Log in with Google" with your account details prefilled. It's creepy.

woodrowbarlow 4y ago

your browser or password manager is pre-filling the details, not the site.

Liquid_Fire 4y ago
No, this is Google providing authentication with your Google account to third-party websites. If you are already logged into a Google account, it suggests that you log in with that account with a popup saying "Continue as <your name>" and shows your email and avatar. It's an iframe so the website itself doesn't have access to your data, but this is not obvious just from looking at it - it looks like part of the site. To me it feels like it teaches users to trust websites in ways that make them susceptible to phishing.
- notRobot 4y ago
  Ah, I didn't know that it's an iframe and I'm always a bit creeped out by it (it really isn't obvious!). Thanks!
- jtsiskin 4y ago
  Yeah, that’s why I dislike it as well. Imagine the same “sign in with google popup” but it’s just a floated div on the page. A user who uses the “continue as button” might be comfortable typing their password in there, thinking it’s part of the browser

rmbyrro 4y ago

It's Google who knows your data, not the site.

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hayyyyydos 4y ago
I completely understand that - but it's still creepy, and it's a reminder of how big tech follows you around the internet. As soon as I see it, I choose to leave the website.

SquareWheel 4y ago

I don't like it either. You can thankfully turn it off in your Google settings. https://www.howtogeek.com/735152/how-to-turn-off-the-sign-in-with-google-prompt-on-websites/ https://www.howtogeek.com/735152/how-to-turn-off-the-sign-in...

slimginz 4y ago
Thank you! I try my hardest not to use Google for anything besides Gmail and YouTube and that popup always infuriated me. Had no idea you could turn it off.

rossdavidh 4y ago

I did not experience any such thing when clicking on this link. I use FF and Ubuntu, but I do have a Google account that is linked to plenty of other stuff.