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I Think Google is at it Again
4/26/2024 | Me

Posted on 04/26/2024 10:50:50 AM PDT by ducttape45

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To: ducttape45

You should not be using browsers to store your usernames and passwords.


21 posted on 04/26/2024 12:24:27 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: ducttape45

After quitting all applications and restarting the computer . . .

I would be sure to save username-and-password combinations in some “password wallet” - IOW, not in some browser feature that saves passwords.

Save the bookmarks and back up that bookmarks.html file, including making a .zip copy.

Completely remove the application and delete sundry cookies, cashes, settings files - everything I can find, searching online for tips on how to find that peripheral stuff.

Do that for all Chormium based Internet browsers on the computer.

Run a cache cleaner.

Restart the computer.

Then install only 1 of the Chromium Internet browsers that you favor, and see what results.


22 posted on 04/26/2024 12:31:48 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: ducttape45

Have you tried this?

1. Go to “My Account” : “Security” ( https://myaccount.google.com/security )
2. Click on “See all connections” link in “Your connections to third party apps & services”
3. Click on the gear at the top of the “Third party apps & services” page
4. Disable the “Signing in with Google” prompt


23 posted on 04/26/2024 12:33:53 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ducttape45

Well, like I said, I have two identical models of Win 10. One of them works fine. The other one gives me similar fits. So I am not sure what my issue is or how it may relate to yours. A lot of people complain about Win 10. I would’ve stayed with Win7 but forced upgrade due to various industry software... I’ve adapted to Win10 just fine on 4 other machines but one of them just has a screw loose. Maybe I’ll take a chance this weekend and upgrade that buggy one to Win11 and see if that cures it. I took it off the network.

Just remind me to side load a copy of the hard drive before I try :-)


24 posted on 04/26/2024 12:45:54 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ansel12

Nope, and thing is, it only happens with Google apps, nothing else.


25 posted on 04/26/2024 12:48:46 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: yesthatjallen

That’s the only way I survive. I got too many accounts to remember the username and password for each. Granted I do have them located in a spreadsheet on my computer, but entering them is too much of a hassle.


26 posted on 04/26/2024 12:50:13 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ducttape45

Did you do post 23?


27 posted on 04/26/2024 12:53:15 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Just did. Did not fix the problem.


28 posted on 04/26/2024 12:58:24 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: Vermont Lt

It does sound like that. Definitely cookie related, whatever the cause.


29 posted on 04/26/2024 1:04:17 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ducttape45

Stop using Google anything. Brave is a good browser, but you must have a 64 bit system.


30 posted on 04/26/2024 1:28:46 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

I don’t use the Google web browser at all. From my days working for the government, I developed an intense hatred for it. I have Brave and Slimjet, two Chromium based browsers, and Palemoon, a Mozilla fork.


31 posted on 04/26/2024 1:32:53 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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Why is everyone down on cookies? Sure I love cookies and yes, they do leave some crumbs on the keyboard but I blow them off with dust remover (don’t blow the propellant into plastic bag and inhale it). Oreos, vanilla wafers and even fig newtons (for the fiber). I re-imagined Clint Eastwood movies as “Fistful of Cookies” and “For a Few Cookies More”.


32 posted on 04/26/2024 1:56:05 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Dementia ain't just a river in Egypt. )
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To: yesthatjallen
You should not be using browsers to store your usernames and passwords.

You should not be using ANYTHING Google if you can avoid it.

33 posted on 04/26/2024 2:27:45 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: ducttape45

Try turning off all your extensions.


34 posted on 04/26/2024 2:40:36 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Same result


35 posted on 04/26/2024 2:52:47 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ducttape45

Go to You tube or maps and click the lock symbol (site information) on the search bar and check what the manage cookies says about the cookies being allowed or whatever.


36 posted on 04/26/2024 3:45:50 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Now you lost me. I don’t know what you’re referring to.


37 posted on 04/26/2024 4:24:48 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ducttape45

In the Brave search if you go to You tube (or any site) there is a symbol to the left of the word, in Chrome it is a lock, in Brave it looks like two magnifying glasses, click it and there is a drop down.

In the drop down click on ‘cookie and site data’ where you will see two different cookie categories and what happens with them, see what your say.


38 posted on 04/26/2024 4:39:50 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ducttape45

Do you? I wouldn’t use any browser that wants a Google account.

Not aimed at you but I think part of the problem is most people think you have to register with a browser. YOU DO NOT. NEVER REGISTER AND GET A BROWSER ACCOUNT.

Just use it without an account registered.


39 posted on 04/27/2024 4:07:23 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

I think that question was a two parter. I don’t use a Google account to sign into the browsers in question, just a username and password. I use my Google account to sign into Google Maps, Google webmail, but what Google has done is not saving log in credentials when signing to websites like Google Maps where it did before, no matter what your username or password is.


40 posted on 04/27/2024 6:25:29 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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