dan.hersam.comChrome 85 Causing Login Failures

Amidst a tangled web Google Chrome recently updated to Version 85.0.4183.83 on my machines, but unlike most updates, there was a rather unfortunate downside to the update. I was no longer able to log in to certain web sites. The problem manifested in two ways that I saw. One, an infinite redirect loop and two, a failed login even though I’d entered valid credentials. The fix was not at all obvious, hence this blog post. I had to disable the “SameSite by default cookies” flag. 1) Open this URL in Chrome: chrome://flags/#same-site-by-default-cookies 2) Select “Disabled” in the dropdown. 3) Restart Chrome (the entire browser, not just the tab or window) I was able to log in to the aforementioned sites in Firefox, so my guess is the Chrome team is using their monopoly to push a more restrictive security feature that ends up breaking sites that haven’t gotten the memo. Hopefully this is a temporary fix and the flag can be enabled again once sites realize their users can’t log in with Chrome. Web browsers -- Cleaning Up The Web As web pages get more cluttered, even ad blockers don’t cut it. Medium.com pages are particularly hard to read with the huge notice they add on the bottom of the page, covering up the content and making it difficult to read. My solution has continued to work surprisingly well for the past few years. It’s a bookmarklet that removes all sticky elements (ones that stay visible when you scroll). The bookmarklet in action on a random Medium.com page To use it, drag the link below to your browser’s bookmarks bar then click on it whenever a web page looks a little cluttered. -sticky Useful -- Free Printable Weekly and Daily Planners I searched high and low for free, printable PDF weekly and daily planners for my kids to be able to schedule their days and weeks. I expected to find dozens of options but was surprised to find very few. Of those few, some plastered their logos all over or declared the document could only be used by students of a particular university. Others wanted you to create an account or trade your email for the document. And others were close to what I wanted, but didn’t have 1/2 hour increments or some other small detail. It all seemed excessive for such a simple document. So I created two planners that can be freely downloaded and used for whatever purposes you can come up with. Download Weekly Planner Download Daily Planner Happy planning! Productivity -- Christmas Desktop 2018 It wouldn’t feel as much like Christmas if I didn’t update my desktop wallpaper and have a little falling snow. I found the wallpaper at New Evolution Designs . Here’s the original . And the fresh falling snow is thanks to DesktopSnowOK . The site -- Beware of Voice Phishing Scams If a scam can fool the likes of Matt Haughey, creator of MetaFilter , it can happen to anyone. He got three calls with the caller ID of his credit union and picked up on the third. After some smooth talking they convinced him to provide his ATM card’s PIN (a huge red flag) then stole $3,400 from his account. Brian Krebs’ blog post has the details. Bruce Schneier (a renowned security expert) echoed Brian’s recommendation . “never give out any information about yourself in response to an unsolicited phone call.” Always call them back, and not using the number offered to you by the caller. Always. Finances -- Read more posts » - home my projects news links about me blog archives docs entertainment experiences funny lists humor intellectual interests music opinions photos tools software webmaster help Most Popular Pages Riddles Brain teasers Trivia Pickup lines Not bright one liners Sign up Get an email when I post or subscribe to the newsfeed Search blog archives Calendar September 2020 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 « Sep Recent comments Dan: You're quite welcome, I'm glad it was helpful. David: Thank you for the "Replace smart quotes with regular straight quotes" conversion and the convert() function. Saved me a lot of time and trouble! Dan: Gladly ;) Katie: Will you please put it on my desktop too? Looks lovely. ?????? Shawnski: After 46,000+ random wins in a row (not including the streak from my last machine), I hit the wall on #11982. Ugghhhh. Random quote Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs -- Henry Ford ( See all the quotes ) Page loaded in 0.0089 seconds...