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Reddit Logging in with Google Accounts Automatically (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by andros_rex@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] Flaqueman@sh.itjust.works 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you're on Firefox, take a look at the Containers extension. It helps keeping everything separated

[–] terminal@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

This is the suggestion i had too

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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.