Even security‑minded readers can’t quit this convenient Google log-in feature

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Constantly signing in to websites and apps is a huge inconvenience, even when you employ a password manager, as I do. That’s why the likes of Microsoft, Facebook, and Google offer consumers a sign-in feature that utilizes their credentials on these sites instead. For many, having these options available makes it far easier to log in to sites regularly. Additionally, since they use a single set of credentials, there’s no need to memorize or store tens of password/username combos, decreasing the risk of forgetting them. Clearly, “Sign in with Google” has its advantages, but it also comes with risks, as my colleague Rita El Khoury outlines in this extensive explainer.Given these pros and cons, how many of our readers utilize Sign in with Google? Well, we really wanted to know, so we ran a poll on Rita’s article. More than 11,000 votes later, the data is now in.