The intent is to prevent a common confusion in shared device situations where the login state of the browser ends up different from the login state of the content area. It does not turn on sync without an additional consent step
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Replying to @__apf__ @matthew_d_green
Could you tell me more about what you find concerning?
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Replying to @__apf__
I’ve spent several years deliberately not signing into Chrome because I don’t like the idea of my browser being associated with my Google account, and I learn that this option was taken away without any notice. I find that upsetting.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @__apf__
I’m willing to take your word that under the hood Google isn’t synchronizing any of my browsing data without additional consent. But then I wonder why my browser would need to be logged in if I’m not synchronizing.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @__apf__
And if you’re going to completely disregard my preferences re: the major, obvious user-facing setting (the sign-in choice), how can I feel safe that you’re not going to disregard my preferences regarding subtler & less obvious features like syncing?
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @__apf__
I realize it sounds like I’m overreacting. But being able to use Chrome without signing in was not some little thing for me. I actively and assiduously made sure never to sign the browser into Google, for several years. And I was successful until you took the choice away.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @__apf__
Also, I think this whole “but there were some users sharing Google accounts” explanation is crazy. You had to know that some people were choosing not to log in. You can’t possibly have taken the decision to remove that option so lightly.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
It's not just a handful of people sharing -- it's extremely common, and a major way for data to accidentally "leak" between accounts. But I understand why you don't like it.
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Replying to @__apf__ @matthew_d_green
I don't understand how "leak between accounts" is a thing if you'e not signing in to sync the browser. It sounds like you broke this privacy property to fix an unrelated issue.
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Example: My spouse and I share computer. She logs into Chrome browser and syncs her data. Later in the day I get on and don't realize she is logged into the browser. I log into my Gmail and data from my gmail session is also synced to her browser history. This happens a lot.
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Like I suspected this only happens if you're logging the browser in to Google's sync. If you don't use, and don't want to use, that functionality, it's a non-issue. Turning on that functionality when you didn't want it is the opposite of a fix.
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