I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is
automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password. I looked at the settings of GoogleMail, and I couldn't find where or how to change this.
Has there been a general change somewhere? I like having to sign in, it
at least means that my computer doesn't give somebody else access to my online accounts.
I use Firefox and Thunderbird, on Ubuntu. I have always refused the
request to let Firefox remember my passwords.
Any help appreciated.
I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is
automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password.
Am 04.12.2023 um 23:58:04 Uhr schrieb Davey:
I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is
automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password.
Configure your browser so it deletes the Cookies when closing it.
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 08:57:57 +0100
Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
Am 04.12.2023 um 23:58:04 Uhr schrieb Davey:
I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is
automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password.
Configure your browser so it deletes the Cookies when closing it.
I agree that might do it. I'll do that.
Will I have to do more accepting of cookies each time I visit a website?
But what changed to make it start logging me in?
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 08:57:57 +0100
Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
Am 04.12.2023 um 23:58:04 Uhr schrieb Davey:
I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password.
Configure your browser so it deletes the Cookies when closing it.
I agree that might do it. I'll do that.
Will I have to do more accepting of cookies each time I visit a
website?
But what changed to make it start logging me in?
I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is
automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password.
I use Firefox and Thunderbird, on Ubuntu. I have always refused the
request to let Firefox remember my passwords.
On 04/12/2023 23:58, Davey wrote:
I don't remember doing anything about this, but now, my PC is
automatically signing me in to Google Mail and LinkedIn, and maybe
more, without asking me for my password.
That is *usually* something that is done for you by the browser, not something done by the site itself. It's possible that a site could
store a login state in a cookie ... but you can fix that by deleting
cookies.
I use Firefox and Thunderbird, on Ubuntu. I have always refused the
request to let Firefox remember my passwords.
It's worth checking that this hasn't 'helpfully' turned itself on
again, somehow in an upgrade, perhaps thanks to Ubuntu using snap
(Edit, Settings, Privacy and Security, Logins and Passwords).
Otherwise, Cookies and Site Data is on the same settings page. Manage
Data will show you which sites have things set.
I always set Firefox to delete cookies when it is closed (and I close
it periodically to make that happen). Yes, I have to select
preferences a bit more often, but I think it's worth the bother.
On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 23:28:51 +0000
Yes, I went in to the cookies settings, and deleted the LinkedIn and
Google cookies. LinkedIn now requires me to log in, as it used to. I
notice on the way out that it offered to keep me logged in, maybe i inadvertently checked that earlier. I haven't tried google via browser
yet.
I think that the cookie deletion on exit will soon be implemented.
Thanks, everyone, for the help.
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