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Disable Google Chrome Sign In and Sync
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Today, I came across this blog post:
As you might have heard, Chrome 69 automatically logs you into the browser when you log into any Google property. As much as I might like Chrome (and Google), I was quite displeased by this particular change: I assume it was in the release notes (that probably a vanishingly small number of Chrome users read), but the rationale that's been given for the change doesn't really make sense, and in any case I really prefer not to have anything synced anywhere. It definitely (for me at least) violated the principle of least astonishment: I can't speak for anyone else but I personally don't expect a routine software upgrade to suddenly start uploading passwords somewhere, or copying my passwords onto any random computer I happen to log into.
As noted in the first article above, the Sync enabled/disabled UI was singularly confusing to me as to what the state of things are, and a careful search (well, about 1 minute) through the Chrome settings pages didn't really shed much more light on exactly how I could guarantee no data gets inadvertently synced. I set out to figure out how I could keep using Chrome but still feel relatively comfortable that Chrome Sync wasn't helpfully distributing my data. After a couple of hours running around I finally got it together thanks to https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3.
For OSX, open a terminal window and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome SyncDisabled -bool true
defaults write com.google.Chrome RestrictSigninToPattern -string ".*@example.com"
How can I do the same on Ubuntu?
18.04 lubuntu
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Today, I came across this blog post:
As you might have heard, Chrome 69 automatically logs you into the browser when you log into any Google property. As much as I might like Chrome (and Google), I was quite displeased by this particular change: I assume it was in the release notes (that probably a vanishingly small number of Chrome users read), but the rationale that's been given for the change doesn't really make sense, and in any case I really prefer not to have anything synced anywhere. It definitely (for me at least) violated the principle of least astonishment: I can't speak for anyone else but I personally don't expect a routine software upgrade to suddenly start uploading passwords somewhere, or copying my passwords onto any random computer I happen to log into.
As noted in the first article above, the Sync enabled/disabled UI was singularly confusing to me as to what the state of things are, and a careful search (well, about 1 minute) through the Chrome settings pages didn't really shed much more light on exactly how I could guarantee no data gets inadvertently synced. I set out to figure out how I could keep using Chrome but still feel relatively comfortable that Chrome Sync wasn't helpfully distributing my data. After a couple of hours running around I finally got it together thanks to https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3.
For OSX, open a terminal window and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome SyncDisabled -bool true
defaults write com.google.Chrome RestrictSigninToPattern -string ".*@example.com"
How can I do the same on Ubuntu?
18.04 lubuntu
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
asked 2 hours ago
lula
294
A more useful way to present a quotation is to use copy/paste rather than an image. Most importantly, it is preferred that the source be provided.
– DK Bose
2 hours ago
@user535733 the same
– lula
2 hours ago
Hmmm. On my Chrome 69, incognito browsing to Google sites does not seem to log me in to those sites. Perhaps the question could be clarified?
– user535733
1 hour ago
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up vote
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Today, I came across this blog post:
As you might have heard, Chrome 69 automatically logs you into the browser when you log into any Google property. As much as I might like Chrome (and Google), I was quite displeased by this particular change: I assume it was in the release notes (that probably a vanishingly small number of Chrome users read), but the rationale that's been given for the change doesn't really make sense, and in any case I really prefer not to have anything synced anywhere. It definitely (for me at least) violated the principle of least astonishment: I can't speak for anyone else but I personally don't expect a routine software upgrade to suddenly start uploading passwords somewhere, or copying my passwords onto any random computer I happen to log into.
As noted in the first article above, the Sync enabled/disabled UI was singularly confusing to me as to what the state of things are, and a careful search (well, about 1 minute) through the Chrome settings pages didn't really shed much more light on exactly how I could guarantee no data gets inadvertently synced. I set out to figure out how I could keep using Chrome but still feel relatively comfortable that Chrome Sync wasn't helpfully distributing my data. After a couple of hours running around I finally got it together thanks to https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3.
For OSX, open a terminal window and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome SyncDisabled -bool true
defaults write com.google.Chrome RestrictSigninToPattern -string ".*@example.com"
How can I do the same on Ubuntu?
18.04 lubuntu
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
asked 2 hours ago
lula
294
Today, I came across this blog post:
As you might have heard, Chrome 69 automatically logs you into the browser when you log into any Google property. As much as I might like Chrome (and Google), I was quite displeased by this particular change: I assume it was in the release notes (that probably a vanishingly small number of Chrome users read), but the rationale that's been given for the change doesn't really make sense, and in any case I really prefer not to have anything synced anywhere. It definitely (for me at least) violated the principle of least astonishment: I can't speak for anyone else but I personally don't expect a routine software upgrade to suddenly start uploading passwords somewhere, or copying my passwords onto any random computer I happen to log into.
As noted in the first article above, the Sync enabled/disabled UI was singularly confusing to me as to what the state of things are, and a careful search (well, about 1 minute) through the Chrome settings pages didn't really shed much more light on exactly how I could guarantee no data gets inadvertently synced. I set out to figure out how I could keep using Chrome but still feel relatively comfortable that Chrome Sync wasn't helpfully distributing my data. After a couple of hours running around I finally got it together thanks to https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3.
For OSX, open a terminal window and run:
defaults write com.google.Chrome SyncDisabled -bool true
defaults write com.google.Chrome RestrictSigninToPattern -string ".*@example.com"
How can I do the same on Ubuntu?
18.04 lubuntu
18.04 lubuntu
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
asked 2 hours ago
lula
294
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
asked 2 hours ago
lula
294
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
edited 1 hour ago
Chai T. Rex
3,57311132
3,57311132
asked 2 hours ago
lula
294
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lula
294
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A more useful way to present a quotation is to use copy/paste rather than an image. Most importantly, it is preferred that the source be provided.
– DK Bose
2 hours ago
@user535733 the same
– lula
2 hours ago
Hmmm. On my Chrome 69, incognito browsing to Google sites does not seem to log me in to those sites. Perhaps the question could be clarified?
– user535733
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
A more useful way to present a quotation is to use copy/paste rather than an image. Most importantly, it is preferred that the source be provided.
– DK Bose
2 hours ago
@user535733 the same
– lula
2 hours ago
Hmmm. On my Chrome 69, incognito browsing to Google sites does not seem to log me in to those sites. Perhaps the question could be clarified?
– user535733
1 hour ago
A more useful way to present a quotation is to use copy/paste rather than an image. Most importantly, it is preferred that the source be provided.
– DK Bose
2 hours ago
A more useful way to present a quotation is to use copy/paste rather than an image. Most importantly, it is preferred that the source be provided.
– DK Bose
2 hours ago
@user535733 the same
– lula
2 hours ago
@user535733 the same
– lula
2 hours ago
Hmmm. On my Chrome 69, incognito browsing to Google sites does not seem to log me in to those sites. Perhaps the question could be clarified?
– user535733
1 hour ago
Hmmm. On my Chrome 69, incognito browsing to Google sites does not seem to log me in to those sites. Perhaps the question could be clarified?
– user535733
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
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You may want to use ungoogled-chrome which is a modified version of Chrome/Chromium with all the Google spying removed:
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
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Kristopher, thank you
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1 Answer
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oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
You may want to use ungoogled-chrome which is a modified version of Chrome/Chromium with all the Google spying removed:
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
1
Kristopher, thank you
– lula
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
You may want to use ungoogled-chrome which is a modified version of Chrome/Chromium with all the Google spying removed:
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
1
Kristopher, thank you
– lula
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
You may want to use ungoogled-chrome which is a modified version of Chrome/Chromium with all the Google spying removed:
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
You may want to use ungoogled-chrome which is a modified version of Chrome/Chromium with all the Google spying removed:
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
answered 2 hours ago
Kristopher Ives
86449
86449
1
Kristopher, thank you
– lula
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
1
Kristopher, thank you
– lula
2 hours ago
1
1
Kristopher, thank you
– lula
2 hours ago
Kristopher, thank you
– lula
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
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A more useful way to present a quotation is to use copy/paste rather than an image. Most importantly, it is preferred that the source be provided.
– DK Bose
2 hours ago
@user535733 the same
– lula
2 hours ago
Hmmm. On my Chrome 69, incognito browsing to Google sites does not seem to log me in to those sites. Perhaps the question could be clarified?
– user535733
1 hour ago