A Question About Our Googly Wannabe Overlord

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Why is this so alarming?

1. I'm not the only person using this computer.
2. I don't want to have to sign out of my homepage everytime I use it.
3. I already have a YouTube account w/a different name, that I don't want linked to my Gmail account.
4. If someone wanted to fuck with you, all they need is the one username & password (which they don't even have to know, because ya want the site to "remember you next time" don't ya), and they can fuck with you on any site Google owns/operates/is affiliated with in the slightest.
5. I don't like being told what to do.
6. It's not "alarming", I just don't like it.
7. When I turn my computer on, click the one little Firefox button, I'm automatically logged in on every site Google has anything to do with. That means, that whenever anyone turns on my computer, and clicks that little Firefox button, they have access (under MY name) to any Google site that I've ever used. Including Google Checkout. Any sensitive info that I put there, is freely available to anyone who can turn on my computer.

And 8. Google is getting a little too "Big Brothery" for my tastes. Google does not, repeat DOES NOT know what I want, regardless of how much they think they do.

I'm quite capable of making my own decisions. Google is just trying to make it impossible to implement those decisions.