I disabled this 'feature' a while ago when I saw it on Twitter and forgot about it. However, recently I noticed that Twitter has been able to bypass the setting and was showing me my email under the Google option in the login provider list. I couldn't find any way to disable it.
It uses an iframe scoped to Google and I'm pretty sure that Twitter can't access my Google account data unless I select the login option but still, feels really creepy.
Seems like an issue from 3-4 years ago judging from the date the SuperUser question was posted: Is there some reason this is particularly relevant today I’ve missed?
Features like this really creep me out - even if they are appropriately scoped or contained in a clever i frame. Thankfully, on Firefox you can put everything that legitimately needs your google account information into a container and have the information remain inaccessible outside the container.
It’s one of the most user friendly and privacy centric features available in a browser.
I’ve never seen these. I don’t know if it’s because I disable third party cookies, because I never log into Google using my main browser profile, or because of my ad blocker.
You need third party cookies activated, you need to be logged in currently with your google account and have adblocker disabled. As you don't have any these, you don't see them.
It uses an iframe scoped to Google and I'm pretty sure that Twitter can't access my Google account data unless I select the login option but still, feels really creepy.
It’s one of the most user friendly and privacy centric features available in a browser.
And I know from experience because I had to add one on our site at my previous company, back when it was still beta-invite-only.