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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Nov 19
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OS: Chrome
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Type: Bug



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Message on multiprofile signin screen is confusing

Project Member Reported by derat@chromium.org, Jun 9 2016

Issue description

Google Chrome	50.0.2661.104 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Platform	7978.76.0 (Official Build) stable-channel samus

The text that's displayed on the multiprofile login screen seems problematic to me:

"Add an account to multiple sign-in. All signed-in accounts can be accessed without a password, so this feature should only be used with trusted accounts."

1. The first sentence doesn't make sense. Something like "Sign in to an additional account." seems better.

2. What is "can be accessed without a password" trying to say? You need to type the account's password right now, but as long as you stay logged in you'll be able to switch back to it later without typing its password, right?

3. Why does it follow that it should only be used with trusted accounts? Isn't the issue that the owner of the new account needs to trust the primary account, rather than vice versa? I'm only familiar with how this works with google.com. If I instead used it with two gmail.com accounts, would I be able to unlock the screen with either account's password, or only the primary accounts? From reading https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6080900, I assume that it's still the latter.

Is something like the following clearer and more accurate?

"Sign in to an additional account. As long as you stay signed in, the additional account will remain accessible without retyping its password."
 
Screenshot 2016-06-08 at 22.24.49.png
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Owner: omrilio@chromium.org
Status: Assigned (was: Untriaged)
Status: WontFix (was: Assigned)
As part of Dent, we'll be getting rid of this screen, marking WontFix.

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