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.

  • nave@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    In the security page on Google’s account site there is a card with the title “Your connections to third-party apps & services”. Go there, click “See all connections” and click Reddit. From here you can remove access for Reddit and/or delete all connections between your Google account and Reddit.

    • curry@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Does that equate to actually deleting the Reddit account in question though? I assume only the connection is severed, but Reddit still retains the userdata from now a disconnected ghost account.

      • tias@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’m 98% sure you can still log in again, it just invalidates the access token that Reddit has received from Google. The effect is that when you log in next time you end up at Google’s authorization screen where you have to explicitly give Reddit access again.

  • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      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.

      • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Definitely agreed. Then again, Reddit has stopped being user or privacy friendly for a long time now.

      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        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.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.