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		josteink 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sign in with Google in Chrome Another annoying, possibly less known thing about this popup is that you as a user can disable it. But only if you log in to Google and set a preference for your Google account. No more nagging popups! Sounds great, right? Except Google can now track you, with a confirmed ID and session cookie across all these sites. It’s blackmail, plain and simple.

frizlab 6 months ago [–]

I never see this popup in my main browser thanks to proper content blockers, but it should not exist in the first place, indeed.

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