The first time it happened, I wasn’t sure if it was an accident but it has happened again multiple times since.
I have a google account that I use for YouTube because it has premium and that is useful in my work. It also as a long dead Reddit account associated with it.
Multiple times, on my work computer, when I end up on Reddit from google a question, the top right will find my google account, and AUTOMATICALLY LOG INTO REDDIT. I have logged out multiple times.
These is extremely concerning - the fact that I am logged in with google does not consent me to log into Reddit. I do not want that Reddit account associated with my work.
Google has a function to limit or remove third party connections/accounts from your google account. You should be able to change that if you wanted to.
I’ve just never had this happen with any other service. Usually you are expected to click through something to log in with google. The fact that Reddit is looking at every google account your computer is logged into, and then forcibly logging in any that are associated feels like a serious violation of privacy.
The fact that Reddit is looking at every google account your computer is logged into, and then forcibly logging in any that are associated
That’s not even possible. As somebody else pointed out, you’re logging in unintentionally on your end, probably with the Google password manager.
Doesn’t answer your question but might setup this on your work computer.
You should consider a few things here, because you’re grossly underestimating Google’s power
I do not want that Reddit account associated with my work.
If you are logged into Google, and you are on that website, it’s already associated with you, regardless of whether you are signed in or not (along with many other platforms). So many different ways.
Consider using containerization. In Chromium you can use profiles. In FF you can use container tabs. That goes for any of their forks as well.
Go here.
Go to the left side where it says Data & Privacy.
Scroll down to Data from apps and services you use
Under that is Third-party apps & services
Scroll down to Reddit
Click Delete all connections you have with Reddit
If you’re on Firefox, take a look at the Containers extension. It helps keeping everything separated
Yep. The “always open in container tab” gets a little fidgety because Reddit uses a whole bunch of different domains (some of which it only flips to for an instant while redirecting elsewhere), so it takes a bit of work, but I’ve been able to successfully silo off Reddit, Xwitter, Meta, etc. into their own distinct containers that are independent of everything else I do.