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Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by tmnvix »

177tcca wrote: post #69
tedivm wrote: post #24

This isn't a bug, this is an explicit decision they made. It caused a bit of a stir at the time, but they went through with the change anyways. Personally for me it was the last straw, and I've since moved to Firefox.

> This isn't a bug, this is an explicit decision they made. It caused a bit of a stir at the time, but they went through with the change anyways. > Personally for me it was the last straw, and I've since moved to Firefox. Your security currently suffers if you choose Firefox over a Chromium variant. This feels as shitty for me to write as it will to read.

Could you please elaborate?

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by 177tcca »

tmnvix wrote: post #71
177tcca wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This isn't a bug, this is an explicit decision they made. It caused a bit of a stir at the time, but they went through with the change anyways. > Personally for me it was the last straw, and I've since moved to Firefox. Your security currently suffers if you choose Firefox over a Chromium variant. This feels as shitty for me to write as it will to read.

Could you please elaborate?

https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht...

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by 177tcca »

177tcca wrote: post #72
tmnvix wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you please elaborate?

https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht...

I posted this as an independent post for visibility, and it was killed within minutes, can't even access it.

I understand the side of the debate that begs sticking with Gecko as an alternative etc etc, but, is it really off-topic here to show people the realistic comparison?

A Mozilla hard-fork of Chromium would be a huge kick in the nads, emotionally, but it certainly would accomplish many of the things Firefox would need to reinvent to hope for parity ever again.

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by em-bee »

quesera wrote: post #68
em-bee wrote: post #49

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the problem is to make sure that new tabs are opened in the right container. i had this experience as well that often the wrong container was picked. but maybe i am using the wrong workflow

I haven't seen that issue, but my use cases are pretty simple: When I need to open a GitHub tab for my organization admin account, I open a new tab in my "work/admin" container first, then nav to GitHub. Child tabs are opened in the same container. This is 99% of my usage. Following an incidental link from elsewhere to GitHub will open in the default account/primary container (or "no container"). Or, you can right-cl…

one problem for me is opening links from the outside, like from emails, into the right container. there is no UI to choose the container before the link is opened.

this is also a problem with using multiple profiles in different windows

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by DangitBobby »

tweetle_beetle wrote: post #67
DangitBobby wrote: post #62

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I can't give you any specific examples, but as a Firefox user, I can tell you that many forms, especially e-commerce checkouts forms, are slightly broken in Firefox. They are often broken enough that you must switch to Chrome to submit a payment.

This really surprises me. I've used Firefox exclusively for years and have never not been able to complete an action because of it (unless it was my own fault - disabling required third party scripts, etc). Why can't you give examples - is it just memory, or something else?

It's never bigger places like Amazon, I've only had it happen on little shops like websites that sell Indie games. I don't remember which ones it's happened on, but it's happened a few times. I shouldn't have said "many," it's just that it's quite irritating when it happens.

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by vehemenz »

MeinBlutIstBlau wrote: post #41
vehemenz wrote: post #31

There are people out there that only have one Google account and don't care too much about data collection, but for the rest of us, there is no reason that bookmarks should be tied to Gmail, Google Analytics, and YouTube. This, and the lack of temporary container browsing makes Chrome a pretty tough sell for power users. > Is it time to say goodbye to Chrome in favor of Brave, Vivaldi, etc. ? Yes.

I gave up. I really did try. I did firefox. I did containers. I had no script. I had adblock. You name it. My browsing experience and pleasure of using the internet significantly improved because I didn't need to screw around with some setting somewhere to the site to work. You know what? They won. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it. I really wish we could but i just can't stand having to increase the mai…

I haven't had any issues with website compatabilities in Firefox for at least four or five years. What were you encountering?

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by nonameiguess »

em-bee wrote: post #47
nwsm wrote: post #44

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I find many many websites are broken on firefox.

i don't find that, but maybe i am not using the same websites. can you give some examples?

This happened to me yesterday trying to buy Starlink Beta after getting the email from them that it's finally available in my city. I followed the link and couldn't fill out the credit card information. The form fields just didn't respond to typing. I turned off uMatrix and turned off Firefox tracking protection, and still nothing. Switched to Edge and it worked fine.

Re: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

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Post by d1zzy »

177tcca wrote: post #70
mrgreenfur wrote: post #65

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I wonder id these layers of logins and fallbacks are the initial intention to improve user tracking. Does chrome os login serve as another layer?

100%. That's one of the biggest complaints about ChromeOS, despite its excellent security paradigm compared to standard desktop setups: the user auth/activity pings it sends Google.

Is there something like Chromium but for ChromeOS? I wouldn't worry about Google pings with Chromium (I mean, if they are, they are in the source code and can be ripped out) so it should work similarly for community ChromeOS builds.
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