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.
this should be impossible unless you give it access to use your google credentials. you should be able to turn it off in your google security settings.
This is why on the occasion a thread crosses a reddit post it gets opened incognito.
This is actually a google account feature called “auto signin”. If you go to google password manager and click on the settings button in the top right there should be an option called Auto Sign-in you can disable.
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
