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Sites keep popping up the cookie information dialog when I am logged in as two users simultaneously on macOS

Side Note: This should probably be moved over to AskDifferent, but I don't know how to do that. The cookie information dialog popping up is very annoying. If it were not, I would not continue to spend ...
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How can I log in into Stack Overflow NOT using a Google account? [closed]

I was very furious that by clicking on "log in", Stack Overflow gives only two options: create a Google account or get the hell out of here. I have an account here and I want to log in to it,...
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Logging in via Chrome on Android: Request lacked state, may have been forged

I get this semi-regularly when I try to log into sites on the stackexchange network, today it's for superuser.com. I follow the pattern of Log in→Log in with Google and I get the familiar error ...
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Chrome warns me my connection is not secure when authenticating in SEDE with a Google account

When I go to the login page of the Stack Exchange Data Explorer here and click the Log in using Google button, I'm not getting logged in but instead greeted with a Chrome message protecting my privacy:...
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Login Error when using a Google Account

When I try to use a Google account to authenticate to a StackExchange account, something strange happens -- On clicking the "Log in with Google" button with Google unauthenticated, the sign ...
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Why can I not log in to Stack Exchange Android app using a Google account?

I recently installed the Stack Exchange app from Google Play Store, and every time I tried to log in to my account from the application using Google account, it shows me unable to verify your Google ...
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Cannot login using Google authentication [closed]

For some reason, I'm not able to login to an of the SE sites using Google authentication today. Did something change? PS. I had to create a direct login on SE using my other e-mail id to report this ...
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My picture is missing on my profile page

The profile picture is missing on my profile page. The relevant part looks like Since this profile picture appears almost everywhere when I am referenced, quite a few other pages looks buggy. For ...
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Google Plus privacy leak and Stack Exchange usage

I just received a notification "Important Information about Google+ APIs" about the profile information leak to apps by Google+ API. The attachment states that the app "Stack Exchange" had access to ...
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Logging out of Gmail logs me out of SO [closed]

This seems to be a recent behavior. I use Google to log in to SO. In my normal browsing browser, I don't typically remain logged in to Google. So, if I need to (rarely) log in to SO, I will click the ...
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When adding another Google login, user should get routed to Google Multi-Login screen

ORIGINAL POST I went ahead and added my work account to my personal account's chrome session and then revisited the google auth link from my main SO account, and this time it gave me the 2 ...
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Find my username and password for a Stack Overflow account

I know this might have been asked before. But here the scenario is somewhat different. So please read the question. I am a little bit confused with the thing about Stack Overflow. I created my Stack&...
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I am unable to use OpenID to login to my Stack Exchange account, how should I get rid of this problem?

After deleting my browser cookies I am unable to login via OpenID (which is a Google account). I am also unable to login with my Stack Exchange (SE) account: The problem only exist while I am ...
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Oops! Something Bad Happened! - Can't login

Created an account with my gmail and a random password on stackoverflow on 2012 and used a lot until 2013. After a gap of a few years I'm back and since there was a more convenient "Login with Google"...
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Unable to log in to network Profile with Google

I was trying to add a new Google profile into my Network Profile earlier, and somehow I am now in a state where while I am logged into my StackOverflow profile, when I go to Network Profile, I cannot ...
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Wrong message displayed when logging in using Google account [duplicate]

If you have never logged in to Google, for example when you install a new browser (specifically, if no Google cookies are set), and you try to log in to a Stack Exchange site using your Google account,...
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Unable to log in on Android app [duplicate]

When I try to log in using Google on the Android app, I get a thin red heads up saying 'key' is not valid for passed 'access_token', token not found.
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I got an error when I tried to login to my account

Enter email id in login box and press login button, without entering the password. Then click on g+ login you will get an error that 'The password is incorrect. Which is a bug, it should redirect ...
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Cannot add Google sign in to My Logins

I created my Stackoverflow account using a Verisign Open Id. Yesterday I tried adding google as a sign in, but find it's not working. I follow these steps This brings me back here My logins haven't ...
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Logging into the Android App using Google on Android 6.0 [duplicate]

Last night I decided to upgrade my phone to Android 6.0 and noticed I am unable to log into the app anymore. I have always used Google as my login for the site and I was logged into the app just ...
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No "Login using Google" option in Android app

I registered this ID with my Gmail account, and logged in successfully via web browser. However, while I was trying to log in on the Stack Exchange app in my Android Phone, I don't see any option to ...
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How do I add a Google OpenID login?

Apologies in advance if this question is all over the place. I have no idea how OpenID works and how SE's various login systems are related to eachother. I am attempting to add a Google OpenID login ...
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It's all Google in SEDE now

When logging in with Firefox (no repro on Chrome or IE11) on SEDE the login page shows only Google icons. I know something had to be fixed due to end of the support of Googles OpenId but this is a ...
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Cannot log into SEDE with Google account - openid was dropped

Related: "OpenID 2.0 for Google Accounts is going away"; will this affect Stack Exchange? Google has now officially retired OpenID 2.0. Now, i can't log in to SEDE anymore. I just get ...
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Google Account Deleted, can't log in to other acccount [duplicate]

My other Stack Exchange account Find Me In The Woods was linked to a google account of mine that was accidentally deleted. I need to recover the account. I know my old google account email and ...
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OpenID auth request contains an unregistered domain

I'm asking this here because I suspect it applies to multiple sites. When I try to login to https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/ for the first time using my Google OpenID, I get the following ...
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How can I retrieve stack overflow account email id?

I have a stack overflow account with a Google account synced with it.Recently I have forgotten my Google account ID and I cannot log in to stack overflow. I have seen my account info from another ...
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Open ID 2 is ending [duplicate]

I just got a message when signing into a site that Open ID 2 with Google is ending: OpenID 2.0 for Google Accounts is going away Will this affect me signing into the network with my Google Account?
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Will I still be able to log in with my google account after April 20, 2015? [duplicate]

When signing into the new winterbash site, Google notified me that the site was using Open ID 2.0 and that support for it is going to be dropped in the near future. Is this something I need to worry ...
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Warning when logging in to data.se with Google account [duplicate]

The Google page says Important notice: OpenID2 for Google accounts is going away on April 20, 2015. Learn more. Looks like Google is giving a decent warning. This warning is NOT shown when logging ...
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"OpenID 2.0 for Google Accounts is going away"; will this affect Stack Exchange? [closed]

Apparently, for some reason, Google is retiring its OpenID 2.0 platform. I got this notice while logging in with Disqus, but not with Stack Exchange. So... is Stack Exchange going to be affected by ...
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I'm getting "Unsupported OAuth version or server" when trying to sign in via Google

I'm getting the error "Unsupported OAuth version or server" when trying to sign in via Google. What's the deal? I went to https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/ and wrote a question. Before I ...
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Log-out everywhere and Auto-login both not working

I am running Google Chrome on Linux, and am using my Google Account to authenticate with SE sites. In the past, auto-login has always worked. (seeing the banner+refresh and I was logged in). I ...
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Login no longer redirects back to the page I was on before logging in with Google

This has been annoying me for a little while now, but I kept assuming I'd clicked the wrong thing... Used to be, if you were somewhere on a site - say, viewing a question - and clicked "login&...
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Log in with the Google Account of your choice?

I signed up to Stack Overflow and other related Stack Exchange websites using an old Google account which I still use for programming related communities. Nonetheless, I am signed in with another ...
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Why do you want to "View your basic profile info"? [duplicate]

I have been logging into SE using my Google account and SE have always asked to "View your email address". Today it also asked for "basic profile info": This is a NEW development (I was not asked ...
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Why do you need to know who I know on Google?

I just created a SE account using my Google account. It said that it needs to "Know who you are on Google" (I guess my connections). As far as I know, SE is not a social network. I can't even follow ...
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Private beta site login vs OpenID: how to untagle the web?

So I tried to get into a new site currently in private beta but I've made a mess of it. According to this it should have been straight forward. I followed the links from Area51 and filled in my usual ...
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"'key' is not valid for passed 'access_token', token not found" when trying to login using Google on Android SE app

I am unable to log on to the official Stack Exchange Android app. I receive the following error as soon as I try "Log in using Google". (This is the same Gmail account I use for Stack Exchange.) '...
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Unable to log into Stack Exchange using Google account on Windows Phone

I tried to login into webmasters.stackexchange.com through my Google account, but I was unable to do so. When I clicked the "Log in using Google" option, nothing happened and I remained on the same ...
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Bug with multiple OpenID accounts

I use my Google account to authenticate to Stack Exchange. I created a Stack Exchange OpenID account using the same GMail email address as the account handle. I then added that new Stack Exchange ...
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Using OpenID to logon using safari on iPad

I can't seem to logon to stackoverflow using my Google OpenId on my iPad in safari. It does work using chrome. Clicking on the Google icon does nothing - seems as though it's not executing the ...
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Logging in to Stack Overflow using Gmail on iPad

I use Gmail authentication through SO, and when I try to log in on my iPad (which appears to be the full, non-mobile version of SO), I click the "Login with Gmail" link and nothing happens. On my Mac,...
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Do Login Alternatives to OpenID Create A New Account? [duplicate]

I've always used OpenID to log into StackOverflow. I see that it's going to be turned off in Feb 2014. When I try to use an alternate means of login (e.g. Google) it appears to be trying to create ...
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Can't log in to Stack Overflow with Google

I log into Stack Exchange sites using my Google details. For the last few days I can't log in to the main Stack Overflow. As you can see I'm successfully able to log in to Meta, and I can log in to ...
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How do you log in from work using your personal account while you are already logged into Google?

I have a personal Stackoverflow account with points and stuff. I want to log in with that. I normally authenticate with Google. My work uses Google apps and I have a Google work address. How do I ...
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Wrong ID provided at login

I used the wrong Gmail address when authenticating and now I can't change the account being used. Cancel doesn't help. I suppose I can dump my IE cache but the cancel really should reset the account ...
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Porting Google OpenID to Stack Exchange OpenID [duplicate]

I've been using Google Openid for sometime to login to Stack Exchange network. Lately I started to work with another Google account on my PC. this causes Stack Exchange to try to login with the wrong ...
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The merge feature does not kick in - Stack Overflow thinks that the users are two separate users

I have apparently recently created a user using Facebook login, and this will not merge into my main account (which uses OpenID and Google). When using the "merge procedure", a screen just shows up ...
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Suspicious login when trying to use a BlackBerry

Recently I tried to login via my BlackBerry smartphone using Google Id. I got that suscpicious login page and couldn't login. I logged on to Google, but also after that I got that error page. I didn't ...
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