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Ask HN: Ever found the language remember me on this computer weirdly incorrect?
The language around setting a remember me cookie on some sites feels strangely incorrect. You click remember me and you are only remembered in that browser, use a different browser and you are not remembered. I know why this happens, but just wondering why the language is sometimes along the lines of: "Remember me on this computer" or "Remember me until I log out" when obviously neither apply for other browsers on your machine.
- dylz 13y agoSome sites like Peanutlabs uses Evercookie (in addition to a whole host of other incredibly abusive borderline malware techniques) to persist sessions, so.. it may apply sometimes.
- DigitalSea 13y agoYeah, those solutions do work, but they are definitely borderline grey area and not always going to work on locked down machines (say in a corporate environment or public computer in a airport or library).
- xwowsersx 13y agoIt has to be that the this language was adopted as a compromise between being technically correct and non-tech-friendly. Most people aren't switching browsers on their same machine, so for non-tech-minded people, their "computer" is synonymous with their browser. Imagine what they'd have to say if they wanted to be technically correct? Something like "Can we store a cookie in the browser you're currently using so we can automatically sign you in the next time you visit this site?"?