Earlier this month, Google started rolling out the Chrome 69 update for users worldwide, introducing an updated material design theme, an updated password manager, smart answers and much more. The Chrome 10th anniversary update was soon engulfed in controversy when a number of users raised privacy related concerns regarding the new automatic Chrome sign-in link to Google websites.
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Now, Google has released an explanation for its decision behind including the new feature and has promised an update sometime next month, which would bring a new toggle giving users the option to turn off that switch. In a blog post regarding the matter, the company’s Chrome Product Manager, Zach Koch, writes:
The company further explained that the next update for Chrome will include a “control that allows users to turn of linking web-based sign-in with browser-based sign-in”, an updated UI to provide more clear information regarding their sign-in and syncing state, and a new manner in which the company handles the cleaning of authentication cookies.
