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DuckDuckGo Will Automatically Block Google’s Sign-In Popups

42 points by leephillips 4y ago

nicolas_lorenzi 4y ago
Interesting
2Gkashmiri 4y ago
i have been contemplating submitting to ublock cosmetics repo this abomination but never pushed for it. maybe i was not the only one
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Please consider still doing so!
Symbiote 4y ago
These popups "Sign in Symbiote!" prompted me to set up Container Tabs on Firefox to isolate Google services from everything else. I find it creepy when some random website shows a popup containing my real name.
vollkornbrot 4y ago
Why do these popups exist? Can google not track me without them since i normally am logged in to Google anyways?
- plusminusplus 4y ago
  Good: users have requested "back-up" emails in case they forget the one they signed up with, and some prefer the Google UX to whatever shitty auth the site hand-rolled Bad: We want more of your info Yes, Google Analytics can track you without logging into Google. UX that shows a "login with Google!" popover for a user that's already logged in immediately get added to the `display: none` list
rolph 4y ago
that sounds like a really good idea, you shouldnt have to sign in more than once in a session, if you do have to, something is amiss! ubiquitous sign-in demands create what amounts to a smokescreen for eviltwin popups, allowing hats to phish for google sign-in creds...at scale
mikestew 4y ago
Given that google.com/Manage My Account/Security/Signing in with Google/Google Account sign-in prompts doesn't seem to do what you would think it does (I still get "sign in with google" prompts despite the toggle being "off"), this might be worth a look.
Kukumber 4y ago
Funny coming from the people who helped spread Bing trackers for years
lancesells 4y ago
This might work across all sites. div#credential_picker_container { display:none !important; }
kristianp 4y ago
It would be more accurate for the title to say "duckduckgo extension". It's ironic that commentary about how much screen the google popup takes is on a website with a video window that takes up about a third of the screen on mobile.

42 points by leephillips 4y ago

Interesting

i have been contemplating submitting to ublock cosmetics repo this abomination but never pushed for it. maybe i was not the only one

toomuchtodo 4y ago
Please consider still doing so!

Symbiote 4y ago

These popups "Sign in Symbiote!" prompted me to set up Container Tabs on Firefox to isolate Google services from everything else. I find it creepy when some random website shows a popup containing my real name.

vollkornbrot 4y ago

Why do these popups exist? Can google not track me without them since i normally am logged in to Google anyways?

plusminusplus 4y ago
Good: users have requested "back-up" emails in case they forget the one they signed up with, and some prefer the Google UX to whatever shitty auth the site hand-rolled Bad: We want more of your info Yes, Google Analytics can track you without logging into Google. UX that shows a "login with Google!" popover for a user that's already logged in immediately get added to the `display: none` list

rolph 4y ago

that sounds like a really good idea, you shouldnt have to sign in more than once in a session, if you do have to, something is amiss! ubiquitous sign-in demands create what amounts to a smokescreen for eviltwin popups, allowing hats to phish for google sign-in creds...at scale

mikestew 4y ago

Given that google.com/Manage My Account/Security/Signing in with Google/Google Account sign-in prompts doesn't seem to do what you would think it does (I still get "sign in with google" prompts despite the toggle being "off"), this might be worth a look.

Kukumber 4y ago

Funny coming from the people who helped spread Bing trackers for years

lancesells 4y ago

This might work across all sites. div#credential_picker_container { display:none !important; }

kristianp 4y ago

It would be more accurate for the title to say "duckduckgo extension". It's ironic that commentary about how much screen the google popup takes is on a website with a video window that takes up about a third of the screen on mobile.