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Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by WorldMaker »

theggiveth wrote: post #53

As others mentioned, this is backed by the "open" standard FedCM. While this seems like an open play on the surface (and the standard is open), in practice this is a highly anti-competitive and will just lead to Google being in even more control of the web. The vast majority of users will chose the default for identity. On Chrome this is Google. On Android this is Google. Even on iOS this may be Google because identi…

This "standard" also seems interestingly timed with respect to Passkey adoption, too. If one were feeling pessimistic enough, it almost seems too easy to suggest some interests exist here that want to muddy the sign-in waters to capture users considering switching to Passkeys before they actually switch to Passkeys.

Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by TheMiddleMan »

cosmotic wrote: post #5

This popup should be criminal. Ive misclicked the signin button multiple times, causing PII to be sent to a third party I dont trust without my authorization.

Don't worry about misclicks, Google already tracked your visit when the webpage was loaded.

Google One Tap works via a script tag from Google servers: https://developers.google.com/identity/gsi/web/guides/displa...

Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by sneak »

StrandedKitty wrote: post #45
lucb1e wrote: post #12

Does nobody find this intrusive when it appears on sites like pornhub? Of all places where I'd sign in with a Google account... holy heck, I was very surprised they chose to let Google do that nearly-fullscreen popup on their site upon every visit (since you visit in private tab, it's a fresh session every time) Even on reddit it annoys the heck out of me and I was very surprised they let this third party ruin the ex…

There's a big upside to Google One Tap. It makes users sign up for your product like crazy. I recently added it to a SaaS web app I'm working on, and the number of new sign ups went up 8x overnight. You don't necessarily have to create an account to use the minimal functionalty of our app, but after signing up you do get some perks, and we get a way to communicate with the user through email. So I think it can be ben…

…until the user loses access to their Google account with no recourse and you have no secondary way to authenticate them.

Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by tomschwiha »

sneak wrote: post #63
StrandedKitty wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a big upside to Google One Tap. It makes users sign up for your product like crazy. I recently added it to a SaaS web app I'm working on, and the number of new sign ups went up 8x overnight. You don't necessarily have to create an account to use the minimal functionalty of our app, but after signing up you do get some perks, and we get a way to communicate with the user through email. So I think it can be ben…

…until the user loses access to their Google account with no recourse and you have no secondary way to authenticate them.

I personally have my personal email as Google account email, so even when I lose my access to google I am still in control of my domain (and email).

Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by slumberlust »

BobbyTables2 wrote: post #55
eastbound wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m super happy Google’s login with my name, appears on PornHub, especially since I’m using a separate browser, Firefox mobile, for this only, never used it for anything else, never logged in. Luckily Firefox mobile gives websites access to something on my phone about my identity. But I’m happy it does this. Because it exposes how much websites know about us. It’s like Facebook showing face recognition in 2015. It’s…

Just imagine how many sites collect all this info and DONT personalize what’s shown to you… Of course, one day AI will probably automatically do realtime editing of porn videos so they will be customized for your name/location/job/background/interests.

Are you telling me there are single ladies in my area who want to play backpack battles!?

Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by slumberlust »

signal11 wrote: post #19
autoexec wrote: post #8

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You can also just not use chrome. It's still a problem that shouldn't exist and the blame for that falls entirely on Google and the websites that push google's crap on users

Safari seems to have this too, now — especially with the latest iOS 18. Any workarounds would be massively appreciated.

This is the #1 reason I don't use apple OS. Even if you install another browser it's just a wrapper around safari restrictions...gross.

Re: Sign in with Google in Chrome

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Post by sgoto »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #32
mooreds wrote: post #21

The Chrome experience is actually part of a new standard, Federated Credential Management (or FedCM for short). The idea is to create a browser mediated login experience that gives the identity provider and web app what they need without being able to correlate requests across the Internet. I am working on an article on this topic. If you are interested in learning more, here's a video from a recent auth focused conf…

That sounds really interesting, but is there any hope chrome would allow use of an identity provider other than google?

Yeah, websites can choose any other identity provider, and in fact, do.
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