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Google slowly but surely forces me into a standard two-browser setting. So far the highlight of the forced integration was the YouTube auto login, now with this option enabled it is going to get even worse.

But on the positive side this implementation reminds people with each and every search query how much data Google already has on them.

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After YouTube auto login was implemented, I started using a cookie manager. With one or two clicks you can enable or disable cookies, which logs you in or out. I don't want every random reddit video that I click on to show up in my YouTube history, so generally I leave it blocked except for when I actually want to view my subscriptions on YouTube.

Also, a fast way to do a logged out Google search, without switching browsers or entering private browsing mode, is to bookmark one of the IP addresses in the 74.125.225.0/25. Since cookies are domain specific and you're not on google.com, you'll be logged out.

The IP search is a great and super simple work around. Thanks a lot for that suggestions!

  > I don't want every random reddit video that I click on
  > to show up in my YouTube history

If you disable YouTube history, then you won't need to play weird games with your cookies.

I simply use 2 different browsers. Firefox as main browser for what I would like to be tracked and Chrome incognito for visiting other websites. It's a pain but works fairly well.

But do you really think Google can't correlate between IP address, browser signature and your account?

Since most people (probably) just stay logged-in, would it really be worth the effort?

I actually like being auto-logged into YouTube.

> the YouTube auto login

Simply disabling third party cookies seems to solve this (and many other) problem.

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