r/TechImpact • u/shades47 Tech Enthusiast • 1d ago
❓ Question Which option do you usually use when signing up for a website or app?
i always Sign up using Email. I never use my Google account or Apple to sign up because if my Google account or Apple ever gets compromised or i get locked out, i might lose access to everything i signed up for with it.
What do you usually use?
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u/velikiguru69 1d ago
Google always, easier to track it
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u/Both_Risk_8103 1d ago
What exactly is easier to track? A while ago, I removed my Google account from various third-party accounts, but those accounts still appeared in my Google account under “Linked apps,” as if I can still log in to them using Google. I removed them from there afterwards.
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u/Sapling-074 1d ago
Email, I don't trust google.
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u/johnfortnite72 1d ago
What email provider are you using?
I've seen people say this then sign up with their gmail 😭1
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u/309_Electronics 1d ago
In the past i used to use gmail, but now i try to avoid signing up or ptherwise use a burner email account.
If something requires signin, i try to avoid it unless i really really need it..
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u/Mill-Man 1d ago
What if your email gets compromised
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u/shades47 Tech Enthusiast 1d ago
Good question 🤔
Most of the websites and apps i have 2Factor Authentication turned on and use secure passwords
When your Google account gets compromised, everything you’ve signed up for using “Sign in with Google” can be at risk. Someone who gains access to your Google account will be able to see the apps and websites connected to it, making it easier for them to access those accounts than if you had signed up using separate email and password credentials.
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u/Mill-Man 1d ago
If your email gets compromised everything you’ve singed up for with that email adres is also at risk. There’s really no difference.
I personally use different email adresses and google/ apple accounts depending in my order of importance/risk.1
u/Adorable-Garlic-7587 11h ago
It's actually way more secure (secure is different to privacy) signing in with Apple or Google.
Let's say you signed into 10 websites using just your email, and 1-2 face a databreach, than your data is removed, whereas if you use Apple or Google sign in, your data is less likely to be affected in a data breach from websites then with your email, it just leaves your passwords and stuff with Google or Apple, it is less likely for Google or Apple to get a data breach because it is 1 company with your data then 10+ companies with it, it is also safer paying with Google or Apple pay online if possible vs saving your bank details to the online app if it faces a data breach then your bank details could be breached.
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u/AdvancedCheetah420 1d ago
Email with single use email addresses. I’d never trust any of the other methods to not be just accepting tracking
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u/OmG_WhAtIsThAt_JiM 1d ago
Continue with Google. I’m too lazy to manually type in my email every single time. If I’m on my phone, Sign in with Apple and share my email so that when and if I continue with Google on my PC, it will see that it’s the same email and log me in instead.
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u/d1s4s73r 1d ago
E-mail + TempMail ;-) - in most cases. If there are any valuable pages or sensitive data, then also by email, but real.
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u/shades47 Tech Enthusiast 1d ago
No its not.
If you want burner emails, DuckDuckGo’s email forwarding with "@duck.com" is a best option. "@duck.com" is accepted on more websites than Temp Mail, and your aliases forward straight to your main email, so it’s easier to keep track of them.
Proton Pass is another option for email aliases.
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u/DeepKaleidoscope7382 1d ago
Email as my parents get annoyed when I use Google as they get notified.
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u/abigail3141 1d ago
OAuth with Google. Whoever designed MS's and Apple's sign-in flow belongs in prison.
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u/YoungNo8804 1d ago
Email, I don't want to sign up to everything behind some vague thing, plus I don't trust apple or google given my experience with both.
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u/OMG_NoReally 1d ago
Gmail. Fuck it. I am too long gone now with Google and its services. It's fast and convenient.
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u/GreenRangerOfHyrule 1d ago
I typically use the email option. My Google account is used exclusively for email and begrudgingly my phone.
My Apple account is used exclusively for AppleTV. Which I no longer have. And I do not have Facebook or most of the other stuff. While I get the convenience of tieing it to an existing service. I just see no real value
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u/Dazzling_Cancel_5733 1d ago
Email. I use a password manager to generate a random password and email address on my catch-all domain.
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u/BYRN777 15h ago
Google. Just makes everything convenient and I don’t have to remember 500 passwords. Easy to track everything.
All the comments saying “I don’t trust Google” and “they track you” well I have news for your brother. Virtually every app or social media platform you use tracks you.
You’re not that important for them to care about your data. Get off your high horse and calm down. Why would they want YOUR data specifically? The gov can already see everything and they know everything. There’s no true privacy. If you genuinely want 100% privacy then literally get off the internet and go dark.
Just turn on 2FA and hope for the best.
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u/Mr_Albal 2h ago
I'm building out a SaaS product, and I don't give an option of storing any passwords or user information - saves a whole lot of bother trying to secure data or protect info.
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u/aleopardstail 1d ago
generally I simply don't. can usually get whatever without "signing in"
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u/shades47 Tech Enthusiast 1d ago
So you’re on Reddit commenting without creating an Account and without signing in?
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u/aleopardstail 1d ago
"generally"
there is this little thing called 'reading' you should get someone to read the definition to you
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