{"id":27725,"date":"2023-01-15T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T23:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=27725"},"modified":"2023-01-15T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T00:00:35","slug":"tiny-tip-google-sign-in-popup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/tiny-tip-google-sign-in-popup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Tip \u2014 Rid Yourself of Google Sign-In Popup"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Google
Sign In with Google Popup on Reddit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you noticed that a whole lot of websites suddenly have an annoying popup from Google asking if you want to use Google to sign into the site? If you haven\u2019t seen it, go to reddit.com without signing in and you\u2019ll see it. It\u2019s GIANT and it says:<\/p>\n

\n Use your Google Account to sign into Reddit
\n No more passwords to remember. Signing in is fast, simple and secure.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Overlooking their lack of an Oxford comma, it\u2019s super irritating to have to keep dismissing this popup.<\/p>\n

The good news is that if you have a Google account, there\u2019s a setting to opt out of these annoying popups. I think if you\u2019re not logged into a Google account you don\u2019t get these popups, so I\u2019m hoping those without Google accounts don\u2019t get them since they\u2019d have no way to opt-out.<\/p>\n

I want to thank Ricky Mondello on Hachyderm.io<\/a> for posting the solution to this annoyance on Mastodon. Here are the steps he explained in his toot.<\/p>\n

\"Manage
Click the button under your Avatar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Go to any Google service and log in using your avatar in the upper right. Again click on your avatar in the upper right and click Manage your Google Account.<\/p>\n

At this point, you could hunt around in the plethora of settings Google offer, or you could use the search box to jump right to the section we need. I suggest starting a search for simply \u201csign\u201d and you\u2019ll see one option, \u201cSigning in with Google\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Search
Just search for “sign”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On this page, you\u2019ll find a section on Signing in with Google as promised, and then look for \u201cGoogle Account sign-in prompts\u201d and shut off the toggle.<\/p>\n

\"Toggle
Popups be Gone!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I suppose it\u2019s possible you wanted to be notified of the option to sign in with Google, but it\u2019s not something I want, and knowing how to toggle it off puts me in the power seat instead of Google. I\u2019m not judging anyone else\u2019s decision but I remember wondering whether sign in with Facebook was a good idea. I\u2019ve been off the platform for over a year now so where would I be if I\u2019d connected some of my accounts to Facebook?<\/p>\n

Hope toggling this \u201cfeature\u201d off makes you as happy as it does me.<\/p>\n

One final tidbit of interest. Ricky Mondello, the gentleman who posted the tip on Mastodon, works at Apple. He’s the Software Engineering Manager, \u201cAuthentication Experience\u201d team. His resume lists a very interesting line item: “Led cross-functional project to create Passkeys, an easy-to-use and more secure replacement for passwords”. He includes a link to the video where he explained passkeys to us during the WWDC Platform State of the Union<\/a>. So I guess he has thoughts on authentication!<\/p>\n

One last bit of irony, I couldn’t get the video to play in Safari on my Mac but Firefox played it just fine…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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