Comment by trey-jones

4 years ago

Appalling to be sure, but you can't even log into a Chromebook if Google auth goes down, unless I'm mistaken.

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kyzn  4 years ago

You can login to a chromebook (unless it's a first time setup) even if it's offline. Login stuff seems to be handled locally. Eg: if you update your Google password, you need to log in to your chromebook with your old password one more time and re-sync.

bla3  4 years ago

Are you sure? I thought they cached login stuff locally so you can sign in while you're offline. Not sure though.

  • trey-jones  4 years ago

    I admit that I don't have a Chromebook in front of me to test and that I'm not sure. This comment will likely be stricken from the record.

    • em500  4 years ago

      I do have a Chromebook in front of me and I can certainly login without any network connection.

      Contrary to popular belief, ChromeOS devs do know that people might want to use Chromebooks on airplane or train trips without network. Google Docs / Sheets / Slides work on a cached copy and sync when online again.