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Privacy concerns flare over latest Chrome browser's 'forced login'
When Google LLC launched its updated version of Chrome browser, Chrome 69, earlier this month, users were told a lot of small changes would happen all aimed at boosting productivity.
But some users now are not happy about something Google wasn't exactly selling prior to the release of the browser. That is, if you’re logged into a Google website, you will automatically be signed into the browser.
What that means is that if you're using Gmail or YouTube, for instance, because it's a Google site you will be signed into Chrome 69. Users have the option to keep signed-in of course, but they also have the option to use Chrome in Basic Mode.
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Privacy Concerns Flare Over Latest Chrome Browser’s ‘Forced Login’
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2018, @02:45PM
My last cave resolve world -c on my Exherbo install pulled in Chromium 69. I'm using version 65 on another computer at the moment. One way to instantly tell that the version of Chrome/Chromium is looking at the tab style. Version 69 seems to have brought rounded corners. They look like shit.
There was a setting in chrome://flags I disabled along the lines of synchronizing the signed-in browser account with the cookie jar.
Looks like I got the right one. Account Consistency is what it's called. Instructions to disable the Account Consistency flag [softpedia.com].
I wish I had the time to contribute to Midori.