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Why do the cookies need to exist? If I log out from your service, why do you need to keep a cookie on my computer?
by pyrmont 15y ago
Why do the cookies need to exist? If I log out from your service, why do you need to keep a cookie on my computer?
- rwolf 15y agoHell, HackerNews leaves a cookie on your computer after you log out with some opaque blob holding who-knows-what. Users like to complain about cookies when you bring them up, but generally can't seem to bother. Including the two of us.
- ltamake 15y agoHacker News doesn't have like buttons or other widgets all over the Internet...
- tedunangst 15y agoAs stated in the article, so when you login again from the same computer, they don't have to do the whole two factor "I've never seen this computer before" text message handshake with you.