[Libs-Or] A somewhat technical question involving gmail and persistant login...

[Michelle Lenox]

We had the same problem. We eventually arrived at this solution, which is
currently working for us:

You can force Chrome in open in incognito mode automatically. This way, it
theoretically forgets all login info (& everything else) when the browser
is closed, regardless of what boxes people click.

In Windows 7, this is how it works. I imagine it's similar in other
operating systems.

Right-click on the shortcut and click "properties." Under "target," at the
very end, after the filepath, hit space and then type: -incognito

If you want to also force Chrome to start with your homepage, rather than
the Chrome incognito start page (which may be confusing), type the url for
your homepage at the end:

ex. "....\chrome.exe" -incognito www.google.com

In IE, similarly: "...iexplorer.exe" -private www.google.com

Best,
Michelle Lenox
Seaside Public Library


On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Martin, Greg <
gmartin at wilsonvillelibrary.org> wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
>
>
> We’re having a problem here at the library and I thought I’d throw it out
> to everyone to see if anyone in libraryland has a great solution.
>
>
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> We have about 20 publically-accessible computers, many of which are
> occupied at any given time. Quite frequently, patrons are accessing their
> email. It turns out that gmail has a checkbox called ‘Stay signed in’ that
> is checked by default with a lovely green checkmark. If the patron unchecks
> this box before signing in…no problem. If the patron remembers to log out
> of email…no problem. If, as frequently happens, the patron just clicks the
> browser shut and walks away…problem! The next person who accesses gmail
> ends up signed into in the previous user’s account. I’m not sure if this
> happens with IE and Firefox, or just with Chrome.
>
>
>
> The solution would be to somehow automatically uncheck the ‘Stay signed
> in’ checkbox at the login screen. Way back when, this checkbox was
> unchecked by default. Obviously, Google wants to collect as much data as
> possible on gmail users, so they globally changed the setting, but this
> option works poorly in a public setting like ours. An online search led me
> to a variety of supposed solutions (e.g.  to uncheck the box then NOT
> delete cookies; to change an HKEY via ResEdit, etc.), none of which work.
> Also, patrons don’t read signs. They just don’t.
>
>
>
> We have the ability to make our PCs restart at the end of each session.
> This would solve the problem, but is non-ideal for several reasons I won’t
> bore you with, but you might be able to imagine.
>
>
>
> So, for those of you who have read this post to the bitter end…do any
> solutions spring to your fertile mind? If so, please share!
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> --gm
>
>
>
> Greg Martin
>
> Adult Services Librarian
>
> Wilsonville Public Library
>
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