The war on privacy continues

[mooncove]

So I try to log into my YouTube account, and here's what I get:

"Link your YouTube and Google Accounts

"You will no longer be able to sign in to YouTube without a Google Account.
If you do not want to link this YouTube account, you can sign out here."

Fuck! Yeah, sure it's for our "own" security. Uh-huh, tell us another one. It's so Google can

Comments

[theblackmeat]

Well, you've got my email address, don't you?

[mooncove]

Yes, you have mine too, right? (You're not Google-Facebook in disguise, are you? ;) )

[theblackmeat]

Actually, I just changed email addresses, so I don't have it saved anymore, though I could look it up on my old account. So, sort of.

[mooncove]

Oh ... well, in that case, I guess I don't have your e-mail address (unless it's in your Userinfo). BTW, this isn't "goodbye" yet, but the day FaceGooTwit takes over LJ, it will be. Maybe I should be downloading my journal to my hard drive right now! (Wouldn't want to lose a single one of these indispensibly fascinating entries, lol.)

[spicedogs]

I made a fake g-mail account for YouTube. And guess what? I still can log in without signing via Google.

[mooncove]

Ooo, clever! Thanks for the tip! ;)

[rushysgirl]

?

It let me choose the option of signing in with my regular YouTube account...

[mooncove]

Hmm, I wonder if it's systematically doing this to a limited number of users at a time ... or perhaps you signed up for your YouTube account using a Google address? Maybe it has to do with the timing of when each of us signed up? "It's a mystery." :(

[mooncove]

BTW, you know what else is weird: It wouldn't let me watch any YouTube videos while I was "logged in" (or halfway logged in/out). I actually had to sign out of YouTube, and then it worked fine.