[bigiain]

> It raises a question for both users and browser vendors: What does it mean to be logged into a web browser?

And who - exactly - ever asked for the ability to "log into a web browser"? And what benefits are there for the user?

There would be zero confusion about "Am I logged in to Google or logged in to Chrome?" without the unwanted and unexpected existence of a "logged in to a web browser" status.

This is privacy disaster over a feature nobody wants. Except for the people who actively profit from privacy disasters...

[ewjordan]

I use several different computers and operating systems regularly, and it's really useful to have my browser history, bookmarks, extensions and other configuration synced up.

That's not to say I'd be miserable without it, but it's a nice convenience that almost immediately upon starting up a new machine, my browser is set up exactly the way I like just logging in.

[amluto]

This illustrates what may be the real problem. Chrome’s sync is a genuinely useful feature. There is no reason at all it needs to be conflated with being signed in to websites.

For that matter, sync is a fantastic use of E2E encryption, and it will be interesting to see if using sync data for any purpose other than syncing it is a GDPR violation.

[glennpratt]

I've happily used Chrome's Sync features for years with separate profiles for personal and $job. I use it across multiple devices daily.

https://chrome.google.com/sync

I appreciate people have different concerns, but also just completely fail to grasp them in this case.