4 ms·

Ask HN: Blocking "Login with Google"?

The solutions I’ve found all seem to recommend a Google accnt setting. I don’t keep myself logged in to Google (for all the obvious privacy reasons). I barely use Google but have some legacy stuff on Google drive that I reach to from time to time. Login with Google feels like a twin of reCAPTCHA; less about a solution and more about tracking / surveillance. I don’t like Goggle or anyone following me around the internet. Certainly someone has addressed this, true? Cloudflare? A certain VPN vendor? Perhaps a VPN connection to the EU? If it matters, I’m currently using Vivaldi on laptop and mobile.

johng 2y ago
I have a few google accounts and I don't want to have to log in to each one to disable it. Nothing I've done has fixed it. That popup is so annoying. I'm hoping someone has a way to disable it on Chrome on Mac. I'm so tired of seeing that thing pop up constantly.
- chiefalchemist 2y ago
  I’m not using Chrome. I see it on Firefox. I see it with Vivaldi. It’s not just annoying. It’s a tracking device.
mubou 2y ago
Are you talking about the thing that appears in the corner on some sites, which isn't part of the page but rather the browser? I thought that was only in Chrome, but the setting for that I believe is buried under Privacy and Security > Site Settings > Additional Content Settings > Third-Party Sign-In.
- chiefalchemist 2y ago
  Aside from Vivaldi, I also use Firefox. Get the “login with Google” on both. Maybe Google has fingerprinted my laptop? But that’s the point, the image in that pop-up / mini-modal is a tracking device. The minute the browser requests it, Google knows where I’ve been. F** that
  - mubou 2y ago
    Some sites include a JS "log in with google" that does the same thing. You can tell by whether you can select it with the element inspector. Use ublock to block the js version. Also, the login prompt appearing has nothing to do with Google tracking you or using fingerprinting. It's just the site author added google sign-in. That's all. Block google domains in your dns if you're paranoid.
    - touwer 2y ago
      Paranoid? Maybe you're a bit naive about the tracking habits of the worlds biggest spionage company
    - chiefalchemist 2y ago
      If the image is served by Google then it’s a tracking device. Full stop. I use all the usual extensions so maybe I’d see it more? Sign in with Google is just another reCAPTCHA… a tracking tool masking as a benefit to the user.
touwer 2y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/#wiki_google_login_dialogs_on_various_pages https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/#wiki_g...
NoahZuniga 2y ago
If you're referring to sign in with google buttons, these are usually just static buttons where the pages author's own code redirects you to Google's sign in prompt. The sign in with google button doesn't share any information with google just by being there.
pagealert 2y ago
[dead]

johng 2y ago

I have a few google accounts and I don't want to have to log in to each one to disable it. Nothing I've done has fixed it. That popup is so annoying. I'm hoping someone has a way to disable it on Chrome on Mac. I'm so tired of seeing that thing pop up constantly.

chiefalchemist 2y ago
I’m not using Chrome. I see it on Firefox. I see it with Vivaldi. It’s not just annoying. It’s a tracking device.

mubou 2y ago

Are you talking about the thing that appears in the corner on some sites, which isn't part of the page but rather the browser? I thought that was only in Chrome, but the setting for that I believe is buried under Privacy and Security > Site Settings > Additional Content Settings > Third-Party Sign-In.

chiefalchemist 2y ago
Aside from Vivaldi, I also use Firefox. Get the “login with Google” on both. Maybe Google has fingerprinted my laptop? But that’s the point, the image in that pop-up / mini-modal is a tracking device. The minute the browser requests it, Google knows where I’ve been. F** that
- mubou 2y ago
  Some sites include a JS "log in with google" that does the same thing. You can tell by whether you can select it with the element inspector. Use ublock to block the js version. Also, the login prompt appearing has nothing to do with Google tracking you or using fingerprinting. It's just the site author added google sign-in. That's all. Block google domains in your dns if you're paranoid.
  - touwer 2y ago
    Paranoid? Maybe you're a bit naive about the tracking habits of the worlds biggest spionage company
  - chiefalchemist 2y ago
    If the image is served by Google then it’s a tracking device. Full stop. I use all the usual extensions so maybe I’d see it more? Sign in with Google is just another reCAPTCHA… a tracking tool masking as a benefit to the user.

touwer 2y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/#wiki_google_login_dialogs_on_various_pages https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/#wiki_g...

NoahZuniga 2y ago

If you're referring to sign in with google buttons, these are usually just static buttons where the pages author's own code redirects you to Google's sign in prompt. The sign in with google button doesn't share any information with google just by being there.

pagealert 2y ago

[dead]