This tip comes from Steve Gibson of the Security Now! podcast
If you hate those annoying "Sign in with Google" pop-ups you can easily eliminate them with uBlock Origin
- Go to https://stackoverflow.com to see this pop-up in practice
- Click the uBlock Origin icon to open its UI.
- Click the "gears" icon to open uBO's preferences.
- Switch to the "My filters" tab and add these two lines:
! Block "Sign in with Google" iframe in top right corner of websites
||accounts.google.com/gsi/iframe- Click "Apply changes" ... and no more annoying "Sign in with Google" pop-ups.
Now when you go back to StackOverflow and refresh the page you should not see the pop-up. You should no longer see this pop-up on sites that push it on you.
Do you have any uBlock Origin tips?
Heh. Most "technology" these days is how to make things more convenient for Joe Schmoe to one-click their way to giving you money (or data)
:)
I think there are some browser addons for this purpose too, as long as you trust them.
uBlock Origin should be in everyone's browser. I've been using if for many years.
I got the same email. I’ve never seen those sign in prompts so I must have a block list in uBlock Origin that is already taking care of it for me.
Steve mentioned this on the podcast. Its under annoyances section.
Yeah I have that one on. I still have to listen to this week’s podcast.
Probably
Since I started my journey in Bitcoin, I have used the Briar browser and I no longer use Google due to my privacy 🔏.
Good for you. This tip is for people like you
I try not to sign in with google for anything. They use your data for everything!
even if you don't sign in they can track all the websites you visit that include the login button (or google fonts) if you don't block'em
For sure. Same here. This just blocks an annoyance.
pro