I’ve been using Google as my search engine for many, many moons. Here lately I keep getting pestered about loging on and passwords. I’ve never had to log on to Google. What’s the deal? Where’s the switch located to turn off this annoyance?
Regards,
ImAGolfer
What’s the problem with providing a password?
When you supply password and log on more features are available. I especially like Google Sheets spreadsheet. It can collect current stock prices for use in your spreadsheet.
Your computer usually remembers your password. Its only a few extra clicks. No big deal. Microsoft is worst about passwords because they have several different passwords for different features or programs. It can be tough to know which one they want this time. And software can get confused. A pain in the but.
Because it’s anotherpassword to write down in the black book and the excel spreadsheet. I always get it wrong anyway. Was it the first or second letter that was capitolized? Was it a # or a $? Was it two numbers or three numbers? Heck 80 year olds can’t even remember if they got up this morning much less another password.
Anyway, I used to not be bothered by it and I was just wondering if it is necessary and/or adviseable for setting up a password for Google since I’ve been using Google password free for probably 25-30 years now.
Thanks for your input.
The browser I use is Firefox. I let Firefox manage all my passwords except the most important few. Most of them were generated by Firefox, so they are not obvious (and are impossible to remember), such as y4sR}Q5w&'N)P3a.
My most important passwords are never stored, except in my head. They aren’t as secure because I have to be able to remember and type them. Those include bank, broker and email.
ImAGolfer
I suspect it is that Google wants to track you more than they already have been doing. If you are happy with Google search then try to ignore the pestering. Personally I would use a different and way more private search engine such as DuckDuckGo which I have used for several years.
George
I hope you at least use two factor authentication for those accounts with less secure passwords. It’s one thing to have your account compromised on an obscure site with no personal information, and it’s something else entirely to have it compromised on a site where you can lose a major portion of your net worth…
Regards,
-Chuck
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