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There's a way to disable this! I found this out recently (I've only checked with Chrome, but it's a google setting not a Chrome one):

https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/219332922/how-to-...



On Firefox at least that flow says it's only for Android devices.

> Allow Google to display a sign-in prompt on Android. Learn more about sign-in prompts on Android[0]

with a section below saying Chrome itself has settings as well

> To manage third-party sign-ins on Chrome, go to Chrome Settings. Learn more about sign-in prompts on Chrome[1]

[0] links to https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12849458?p=androi...

[1] links to https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12849458?p=chrome...


I followed the above link, and it seems that it's a Chrome setting now: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/14264742


Will setting that other than default default give the site one more bit to fingerprint you?


Looks like that only works if you’re a Google customer?




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