Stop "Sign in with Google" pop-ups

Respectfully, has the responder read the thread in full, or tried the instructions posted? I mention because even people with NO google account are graced with Google login panel. Fresh new device that never had a sign in to Google service will hit in the face with the same panel.

A preference setting to the effect of “Disable Google login popup” may have legal risk.

A preference setting to the effect of “Minimize pop-up login panels” would be fine. Google isn’t the only one with this beloved feature. This would be off by default, enabled by the user.

In addition as it stands today users still can login to same website using Google credentials after the panel was closed. Such a feature would not be harmful to website employing the beloved feature, end user actively taking action to minimize and end user can still log in with out without they panel. Ensure plug in is also WVAG compliant and good to go.

The fruition everyone is discussing is not about multiple companies having their own sign-in options. It is the fact that Google (yes, likely through a free powerful easy to install ALI) forced a disruptive panel when the page loads. That is what we all want to stop.

PixelRogue1 wrote:

The fruition everyone is discussing is not about multiple companies having their own sign-in options. It is the fact that Google (yes, likely through a free powerful easy to install ALI) forced a disruptive panel when the page loads. That is what we all want to stop.

So? Go ahead and stop it. What's preventing you from doing that?

Actually, Apple could easily fix this; all they would need to do is have an ad blocker as a standard in Safari with custom filtering. They acquire all these other companies, why not an ad blocker company...

phebes83 wrote:

Actually, Apple could easily fix this; all they would need to do is have an ad blocker as a standard in Safari with custom filtering. They acquire all these other companies, why not an ad blocker company...

Except it's not an ad. It's the log in window for the website you're visiting.

For Safari: Out of all the repeating suggestions on the internet this actually worked!! For reference two websites I know have the annoying popup are Pinterest and Canvas, and boom it was gone. So yay!!

Sign in with Apple doesn't obnoxiously pop up a window in a world with already 500 popup windows, some created by regulations which are supposed to somehow... help us?

I would say take the GDPR back and give me back websites without stupid popups about "we use cookies! we use cookies!" ...

It seems like the more time goes by the more we have to deal with on the web that is "for our own good" but really is annoying.

I don't think your question is rhetorical for most. People claim to care about privacy and be all "I am in the know and I know how to stop people from spying on me" and then they have a Google Android phone. The answer is Google is evil, Apple is not. And in this case I won't go deep .. it's just as simple as Google seems to be obsessed with stealing as much data from people as they possibly can, and stalking them worst than the most notorious stalker.

Whilst Apple .. well nothing they do is annoying. It's just the things they DON'T do that are sometimes annoying ;)

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hillie wrote:

Sign in with Apple doesn't obnoxiously pop up a window in a world with already 500 popup windows, some created by regulations which are supposed to somehow... help us?

Correct. That's the reason you won't find a single complaint about Sign in with Apple. Perhaps Apple actually... thinks about these things?

Yes it was a rhetorical question. I realize subtlety often goes unappreciated.

I would say take the GDPR back and give me back websites without stupid popups about "we use cookies! we use cookies!" ...

Can't say I disagree. It's a lame regulation that solves nothing. All it does is get in the way. The law is a blunt instrument.

I don't think your question is rhetorical for most.

I don't endeavor to speak for most. My opinions are my own.

Very true. I left Android and use Duck Duck Go as much as possible. When I used Android things that I had talked about during the day would mysteriously wind up in my Google or YouTube feed without me looking them up. Ever since I switched to Apple that doesn’t happen anymore. Moral of story is Google tracks users relentlessly

Me safari rumored to offer options to modify and block content on web pages.

Hope there will be an option to block repeating offenders (hard look at Google authentication panel) across new websites, rather than limit page edits to already visited sites.

It was suggested to go from Safari to a Chrome-based browser. That is the acme of irony, switching to a Chrome based browser to avoid Google. Chrome is Google’s browser, that is designed from the bottom up to track everything you do, even when private browsing. From the frying pan into the fire.

I gave up a long, long time ago. I have to use Chrome for a couple software-web-based applications. And because many designers have never heard of Apple or Macs, they only design their bank sites or credit card sites to work with Chrome. Other than that, I try to avoid it.

Here's what I did in the last version of Chrome for Mac:

Settings ⟶ Privacy & Security ⟶ Site settings ⟶ Additional content settings ⟶ Third-party sign-in ⟶ "Block sign-in prompts from identity services"

Interesting, does that prevent you from going to Single-Signon sites like US government sites, that require login using ID.me? Or medical sites that use health-id.com?

And if you use Chrome that’s sort of like locking the front door and leaving the back door where Google spies on you continuously and sells your browsing habits open wide.