Re: No, you can't
Google just violated this law this morning.
I maintain multiple GOOG accounts.
In Chrome the account contains all my ADMIN links to access various sites I build / manage.
In FF the account is plain vanilla. I can view the site in FF and log in as ordinary user but when I use the credentials on the chrome account I log in as ADMIN.
This morning TheGOOG downloaded something new to Chrome. Chrome now displays and account name up near the min/max/close buttons. This new button showed an account name. This account name was the account associated with FF.
I attempted to change Chrome back to the prior defaults. TheGOOG played the GOD card and deleted all of my account history, accumulated links, and all of my various access credentials. I have not yet had the time to go back and assess the damage but the loss represents 5 years of work at a minimum.
TheGOOG destroyed files on my machine within the precincts of my home with no notice to me. This was due to TheGoog implementing changes that work well for it but for the end user not so much.
Basis rule of dev is to avoid destructive changes from which there is no possibility of recovery. TheGOOG violated that basic principle. Which is strange as in all other TheGOOG products (such as maps) they roll forward or act to preserve user data. In this case they just blew it all away so they could interlink user accounts meant to be kept separate. The download was not requested or accepted by me. TheGOOG pushed the download to the browser with no explanation of what it was doing, why it was doing it, or the potential impact on the user.
TheGOOG is more evil than even MSFT was in its heyday.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
