Login Issues on Specific Sites
Hermit’s default settings are strict, because they enhance your privacy and keep you safe. But some sites require you to loosen your security settings for login to work correctly.
Google in Desktop Mode
Google has started showing an ominous warning that browsers other than the 5 most-used browsers are not secure.
Of course, this is not at all true, and we believe it is anti-competitive for Google to discourage people from using the browser of their choice, and then recommending their own browser as the supposedly safer alternative.
To work around this useless warning,
- Change your user agent to Mobile Mode,
- Log in to Google,
- Then switch to Desktop Mode afterwards.
Once you are in Desktop Mode, you will stay logged in.
Besides providing you this work-around, there is unfortunately nothing we can do about this.
We encourage you to complain to Google and your local anti-competitive authority to get them to stop this practice.
Other Sites
Step 1: Turn On “Open Links in Lite App”
- Launch your Hermit Lite App.
- Tap on the Settings button
to open the “Quick Settings” sidebar. - Within Quick Settings, tap on the “More Settings” button.
- Tap on “Privacy”.
- Tap on “Open Links in Lite App”, and turn it ON. The default is off.
This is required because, by default, any links to open Social Login Providers will be opened in your default browser (not Hermit) or else will be opened in Incognito Mode within Hermit.
Step 2: Turn Off “Block Popups”
- Launch your Hermit Lite App.
- Tap on the Settings button to open the “Quick Settings” sidebar.
- Within Quick Settings, tap on the “More Settings” button.
- Tap on “Privacy”.
- Tap on “Block Popups” to turn it OFF. The default is on.
Step 3: Turn Off “Block Third-Party Cookies”
- Launch your Hermit Lite App.
- Tap on the Settings button to open the “Quick Settings” sidebar.
- Within Quick Settings, tap on the “More Settings” button.
- Tap on “Privacy”.
- Tap on “Block Third-Party Cookies” to turn it OFF. The default is on.