Uassets: "Sign in to medium.com with Google"

[makeworld-the-better-one]

Prerequisites

• [x] This is not a support issue or a question
  
  
  
  • Support issues and questions are handled at /r/uBlockOrigin
    
    
  
  
• [x] I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue
  
  
  
  • Your issue may already be reported.
  
  
• [ ] I tried to reproduce the issue when...
  
  
  
  • [ ] uBlock Origin is the only extension
  
  
  • [ ] uBlock Origin with default lists/settings
  
  
  • [ ] using a new, unmodified browser profile
  
  
• [x] I am running the latest version of uBlock Origin

URL(s) where the issue occurs

https://medium.com/ , and any of its article pages.

Describe the issue

A "Sign into medium.com with Google" popup appears on the right side, displaying the logged-in Google account(s) I have. This makes a connection to accounts.google.com, tracking the articles I read. The same popup is blocked on a non-Medium page like this one, thanks to the ||google.com^*/log? filter from Easy Privacy.

Versions

• Browser/version: Firefox 83.0
• uBlock Origin version: v1.31.0

Notes

There are three accounts.google.com requests made when visiting Medium:

• GET https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client
• GET https://accounts.google.com/gsi/status?<redacted>
• GET https://accounts.google.com/gsi/iframe/select?<redacted>

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Let me know if this should be sent to EasyList, but the README of the repo mentions that issues with popups are accepted, and that fixes for "high-traffic sites" should be added. I believe Medium qualifies.

[yourduskquibbles]

You can test ||accounts.google.com/gsi/*$xhr,script,3p but not sure if this belongs in uAssets, probably better in EasyPrivacy or personal block list since some people may want the ability to sign-in through Google

[makeworld-the-better-one]

I can confirm that works, thanks. I'd appreciate if someone could ask for that to be added to EasyPrivacy as I don't have a forum account. And yeah it makes sense that can't be added to uAssets, I forgot some people would want to use that.

[krystian3w]

try here:

https://github.com/easylist/easylist/issues/new

Maybe will added in Febuary 2021.

[makeworld-the-better-one]

@krystian3w Thank you, I didn't realize they have a GitHub repo.

I have opened easylist/easylist#6661 describing this issue.