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New Google Chrome Feature: eliminates need to create multiple windows user accounts?
 

The Chrome browser has recently added a new feature(in the last 1-2 months) that allows multiple user profiles to be created for each installation of chrome. Each user profile seems to be completely separate from the other profiles, with separate cookies, bookmarks, and the user accounts can switched in an instant.

If the cookies and all other browsing data are indeed completely separate, then maybe would it be sufficient to use this multiple user profile feature of chrome for separate ebay accounts, instead of creating multiple windows account profiles?

Perhaps someone here with more knowledge about browser cookies could verify if this feature could save us the work of not only setting up different windows profiles for each account, but also the time of switching between different windows accounts.

For anyone wondering, to create a new user account in chrome, go to settings, and then at the bottom of the screen there will be a box labeled "Users". Inside this box there will be a button letting you create a new user.

Once you've made the new user, an avatar will appear in the top-left corner of the chrome browser.

To switch users, simply click this avatar.

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I'd rather just use portable Firefox on one user account , chrome scares me , it's whole concept is linking everything together , I'm sure ur right but I would be too paranoid with chrome

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Now that's a bit scary there, there is no way to really tell that the cookies are completely separate....

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Excellent pick up.

I shake my head at the risk of cookies not being separate.

I seriously MUST control the profiles of my accounts.

Not going to chance being link ever.

:nono:

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It actually looks nice: Multiple Chrome Users - The Chromium Projects

I tested it out and while browser cookies were separated I was unable to establish flash objects with the new user profile I created. I'm not sure why...

The one good thing I noticed was that flash objects or browser cookies were NOT carried over from the main user account.

So that's interesting..

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Interesting, I have been trying with Firefox portable, but prefer using Chrome. Having so many user accounts on my laptop is a pain In the ass in so many ways

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I agree I recently switched from Firefox and different user accounts to just one user Account and portable Firefox , each file numbered corresponding to the stealth account and all them files in one big eBay stealth file neatly on one desktop

I used to hate that little bit of time when it would say preparing desktop, and than I'd have to configure each Firefox browser

All that is in the past

And I have everything backed up on a USB

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Chrome has a portable version that can be installed on a separate folder and works exactly like firefox. I have tried it and it works great. I am still doing more testing and will use with stealth accounts.

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Here is link to Google Chrome Portable.

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Been using all the portable versions of the 3 major browsers (Chrome, FF, Opera) and it seems that Chrome is the fastest, then FF and Opera (surprisingly) is really slow. But all of them are faster/more convenient than using separate accounts.

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Firefox Portable > Chrome Portable ;)

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I don't have a link to it but I remember reading developers notes and they assured that when someone create a new account in chrome, chrome creates a completely separate installation of chrome that doesn't cross with any other installation in anyway.

After playing with it it seams to be all good for ebay stealth. I still run separate vms for all of my AZ accounts but probably in near future gonna try switch from vmware to chrome or firefox portable even for AZ.

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@Artann, the link above is exactly what you are talking about. With the installer, you can choose a folder where you want to install it.

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Thank you for the link :)

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Good feedback, thanks peeps. :)

It's good to try new things and find more options for everyone.. the more options the better. :)

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I love new discoveries like this, which is why I still keep coming back to this forum (and have been for years...). In the spirit of the Almighty Stealth Guide itself, I prefer to make a Windows User ID for each account and stay on the proven path for important accounts, but this is definitely something to play around with... especially on new accounts or ones where not a lot of time and money and effort has been invested. Thanks for the new ideas, and the informed followups! I'll definitely be following this thread, it would be a time saver for sure.

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Yea,I just changed to portable Firefox and it saves time not only switching accounts but that minute it takes when u log in to a new user account and it configures the desktop and also saves time in configuring each browser's preferences

I would just set the one up with all preferences and copy that one as needed for a new account, really a great way to work

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Glad people have started to use Portable Browsers.

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True, if you know Italian, French, German, Chinese, Spanish and some other ones. Otherwise - there is no such good auto-translation addon like the integrated Chrome's one directly from Google. Think about.

Also think about foreigners that their main lang is NOT EN, but still know it. The again might not be good at the provided langs above as well.

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About the separate Chrome profiles feature - I don't know where is the "new" thing here!? This is something for over 1-2 years or maybe even more. And have been found now?

Of course have been tested but still some kind of risky. Specially for Google AdSense - a big "no-no". Something made from Google and you want to be Stealth from his product :rolleyes:?

The same thing for PP/eB/AZ. Separate Portable installations into different folders with a different name, even can be used the addon for different useragent(s).

The same thing for FF, Opera, even Skype. And all other "Portable" software that is being made from an expert users/devs.

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About the default FF installation with the "-P" thing for switching between profiles - this is something that I was hoping no one here to NOT use for ages (or even starting to use it). Seems that I was totally wrong…

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I think this works very efficiently indeed. Make sure you change IP for your corresponding account...

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Hi! I got the book and I am ready to start using my several stealth accounts I have created. I use windows 8 and following the book indications, I just have created different users for each account. Before doing all that I restarted my computer so it looks like just came out of the box. I will use a different portable internet for each account.

What troubles me, is that today when started using one of the accounts, let's call it #2, with Chrome , I opened Chrome and all the shortcuts to my favorite pages were in Chrome as well. I created this shortcuts in the main account, and when opening Chrome in a different user, I thought they should not show. But trhey appear! So I wonder if I am doing something wrong and if cookies actually are not getting mixed. Thanks!

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Did you create profile for each user?


btw did you disable adobe flash or remember to delete these cookies?

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Chrome portable is going sweetly for me now. I made sure to remove normal chrome from my desktop in case i accidently went through hat browser, instead of through one of the folders. I use chrome portable over firefox portable because i have many foreign language Ebays and i have found that nothing comes close to Google Translate on other browsers.

But ordinarily I hate Google stuff, as dmshark said everything is linked together.

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I am sorry but though being sellin online since 1997, my computer abilities are not that good, hehe.

I understood from the stealth guide, that if we create different Windows users there wouldn't be the need to delete cookies on each of them. As they would be saves on the cookies folder for each separate windows user. Am I right?

I did not disabled adobe flash. :help:

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this looks like it will save time but do you have an alternative to changing your ip address rather then taking the dongle in and out till you have a clean address ?

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If you have different Windows user, it's ok and you should have everything separated, UNLESS you use the same account to login to chrome account and have bookmarks synced between devices.

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Unfortunately my internet company will not provide a new IP, unless I end our contract with them and sign a new one (third world country rules)

So in the meantime I have decided to use my old restricted for selling IP connection for my everyday internet use. This is the main Windows user. ANd for the other 3 windows user I use a different dongle when I list things. And start a new windows session everytime.

Just concerned cookies will not mix between user accounts, and ebay will catch me again.

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just make sure you keep a list of each ip address used for each account

you don't need a different dongle for each account either as each time you plug it in it will give a different ip address.

those who use firefox or chrome portable do you use a dif user on your pc or this is not needed, you just download numerous versions of the firefox portable and label it for each account you need. So for example, if you have 50 accounts you use 50 firefox portable icons under the same user on your pc ??? is this correct ?

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Yes and keep track of all the ips in one spreadsheet

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I'v been using Multiple profiles now for 6mo and I have yet to get linked. Also I've read somewhere that cookies are kept separate from different profiles, this is coming from the Google Dev team.

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Has anyone any further feedback on the using multiple accounts in Chrome?

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I started testing the google portable chrome like a month ago and everything works fine, downloaded 3 portable chrome version, named the folders under the stealth names, started selling like 3 weeks ago and everything works great. I'm a little bit worried only when i'm deleting cookies using CCleaner because it deletes all the cookies from everywhere so the ebay/amazon system might use some kind of software to link the 3 accounts if the cookies of all of them being deleted the same day once a week. So far everything works great and it saves couple of minutes each week on switching accounts and it much more comfortable but its up to you if it worth the risk and your time.

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Thanks but I was referring to the ability to switch between accounts with the main chrome browser, not the portable one. The 'switch person' tab at the top supposedly allows you to have multiple users on the same brower install everything is kept separately.

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Hey guys can you tell me the difference between the portable versions and the benefits of using them over the regular versions?

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dont forget, you can also be tracked by computer name and flash cookies, dont forget about them.

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just stay on top of your flash cookies. just to be safe there's a program that deletes your flash cookies every second.

or just switch them off in your flash manager.

or both.

going to be switching back to portable soon

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In my opinion, having more than 1 account on a single PC is a big NO. One day, something will mess up in your multi-user setup, and all of these accounts will get banned. Don't try to save a couple of bucks, get a VPS ;-)

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Easily done with VMware, I manage a TON of accounts on one computer, never any problems

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Hi 123, a ton of accounts on one windows user ID on one PC? How do you name each VMware? Can the different but similar method to name the VMware be detected ?