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Because the session with the website still exists, your browser still has cookies saying it's valid. If you reopen the closed tab the session is likely still th
by MrCharismatist 5y ago
Because the session with the website still exists, your browser still has cookies saying it's valid. If you reopen the closed tab the session is likely still there.
Logging out of a site specifically invalidates the session.
- cratermoon 5y agoUnless the cookie is a session cookie, in which case the browser deletes them on exit -- but not when closing a tab.