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Google keeps asking me to sign in

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  • 05-09-2020 10:45pm
    #1
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    I use firefox and google to search. lately Google keeps asking me to sign in when i search. I do not ever sign in unless it was a youtube that needs sign in very rare.then i immediately sign out


    Why is this request to sign in do i have to drop google?


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    sheepsh4gger
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sheepsh4gger


    They give you more accurate results when you sign in. They can use your search history to provide more relevant suggestions, stuff like that. So say if you set your home address in Google Maps, when you search a business you can ask for directions "from home".

    There are pure keyword search engines that don't manipulate the results and spy. I use duckduckgo.com . It doesn't try to create a profile on me.


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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 957 ✭✭✭80j2lc5y7u6qs9


    sheepsh4gger wrote: »
    They give you more accurate results when you sign in. They can use your search history to provide more relevant suggestions, stuff like that. So say if you set your home address in Google Maps, when you search a business you can ask for directions "from home".

    There are pure keyword search engines that don't manipulate the results and spy. I use duckduckgo.com . It doesn't try to create a profile on me.
    i use duckduckgo now too but the results are not as good and it has some sort of adcvert link saying add to firefox or something


    Is there any way to stop the google asking to sign in?


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    Davy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Monica Fat Tramp wrote: »
    i use duckduckgo now too but the results are not as good and it has some sort of adcvert link saying add to firefox or something


    Is there any way to stop the google asking to sign in?

    Have you tried using a private window in Firefox? Ctrl+Shift+P


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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    Davy wrote: »
    Have you tried using a private window in Firefox? Ctrl+Shift+P
    i want to save history


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    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,444 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    so does Marty McFly
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    sheepsh4gger
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sheepsh4gger


    Monica Fat Tramp wrote: »
    i use duckduckgo now too but the results are not as good and it has some sort of adcvert link saying add to firefox or something


    Is there any way to stop the google asking to sign in?


    Google has an incentive to keep users signed in. It has to do with abuse of their service. A lot of people write apps that try to browse it programmatically.


    The duckduckgo plugin is for adding it as your main search provider in the browser.


    There is also:

    https://www.startpage.com/


    Which used to / is combining results from several search engines.


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    BernardJohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭BernardJohnson


    +1 for startpage.com


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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    sheepsh4gger wrote: »
    Google has an incentive to keep users signed in. It has to do with abuse of their service. A lot of people write apps that try to browse it programmatically.


    The duckduckgo plugin is for adding it as your main search provider in the browser.


    There is also:

    https://www.startpage.com/


    Which used to / is combining results from several search engines.
    What does "A lot of people write apps that try to browse it programmatically." mean? Browse it as a bot?


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    You'll still be being fingerprinted so signing out is fairly futile. Not even using private browsing though that wouldn't anonymise you.


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