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[redcircle]

Can you read the post without signing into a Google account? I click through via my iPhone, and get prompted for a Google account. Isn't this a post about getting tracked on the web?

[qeorge → redcircle]

I can on my desktop, but I can't on my (Android) tablet.

On the tablet Google actually wants me to create a Google Profile before I can read the article.

I've never run into this before today. I wonder if its new.

[alt_ → qeorge]

It's old. Google has god-awful mobile interfaces on most of their services that always either redirect you to something different or require you to log in and then redirect you to something different.

Sorry if I sound annoyed, but it's a pet peeve.

[magicalist → alt_]

Yeah, that's dumb. If I select "request desktop site" in the Android browser I can see the post, otherwise I'm redirected to a sign in. You only get the redirect in Android Chrome, since it doesn't have a "request desktop site" option. Annoying.

[hrabago → qeorge]

Ahh thanks for this extra bit of info. I use an iPhone browser which lets me select my user agent, so in cases like these, I tell it to pose as Safari on a Mac. With this, I was able to read the post.

[vilda → redcircle]

Apparently, Google forces you to log in if you are using mobile devices - Android/iOS. Works on desktop without log in.

[kysol → redcircle]

It's public, I'm pretty sure I got there before logging into Google this morning.