Whenever someone tries to log into Google and enters what also happens to be my go-to username for gaming on various platforms, my profile picture and full name appear (both covered here).
Is there a way to prevent this from happening, aside from changing my Google name and profile picture to a fake one or creating a new Gmail account?
Gmail – How to prevent random people from seeing the last name & profile picture via Google
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Best Answer
You noticed that:
The reason being you had -sometime in the past- logged in your account using a normal window and NOT a private one and your cookies are still there.
That is what Google reads and "trusts" your IP address.