In the browser, i didn't login in the google account, and I didn't accept the cookies on that site. Using privacybadger that supposedly should block the 3rd party spyware like that
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2024
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Worth noting, this isn't really a Google thing. It's something other websites do to allow you to login with various other credentials: Facebook, Google, Amazon -- Twitter used to be common. It's just that Google is obnoxious because when say Reddit allows you to login with your Google account, the login widget Google uses is an obnoxious pop-up.
It Is a Google thing. It's a script that Google gives to third party to promote logging in with their account, and it can access Google cookies, so it can get populated with your name and email (which is absurd as some other malicious js on the same page could parse the HTML to extract the personal data of the user without consent)
If you're logged in, there's a setting buried in the Google account (really buried, very difficult to find) which hides this nag.
Set your language to English: you'll get the nag in English.
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Sorry...
Seriously though, install Ublock Origin and block as many Google domains as possible. In Reddit, to get rid of that particular nag, block accounts.google.com and google.com.
Alternatively, don't do Reddit.
Alternatively, don't do Reddit.
"Cpt. Obvious move" detected. I like it.
Old reddit redirect or popup off could probably work as well (both are exentions on firefox).