Keeping logged in....or not!

[cymruambyth]

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Thank you for the informed debate! I will now try and find my cookies......and play with them

[cymruambyth]

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I think a more important issue is security.

A persistent login on a shared computer is a security risk and should be avoided.

On my computers I am the only one who uses the login accounts I post on forums from, so that is not an issue.

Also I have it ingrained in to me from MoD ITSO tellings off to always lock my computer when I leave it. Annoying, but it's become habit.

I am the only one which uses my laptop.

[cymruambyth]

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p.s anyone notice we're now blue and not orange?

darn, you really ought to delete those bloody biscuits guys

You are still orange!!

[Riz]

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Some of 'em need more than a smack in the face l

Some of those in my old department deserved one with a sight more than an access card.

[garlok]

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Some of 'em need more than a smack in the face l l

regards
Garlok

[Riz]

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If people got a new lanyard, it was springier and sometimes it'd pull out and the card would smack em in the face

Awesome. Don't you just love technology.

[Riz]

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Security - totally agree (on shared computers naturally)....

Did your mod systems not have the card readers?

Not then, no.

[Never-In-Doubt]

Re: Keeping logged in....or not!

I think a more important issue is security.

A persistent login on a share computer is a security risk and should be avoided.

On my computers I am the only one who uses the login accounts I post on forums from, so that is not an issue.

Also I have it ingrained in to me from MoD ITSO tellings off to always lock my computer when I leave it. Annoying, but it become habit.

Security - totally agree (on shared computers naturally)....

Did your mod systems not have the card readers? At central Gvt they have the card system so you wear your access card round your neck on one of those 80's illuminous springy things and plug it into the side of the keyboard - when you walk away the card pops out and locks the system.....

If people got a new lanyard, it was springier and sometimes it'd pull out and the card would smack em in the face

[Riz]

Re: Keeping logged in....or not!

I think a more important issue is security.

A persistent login on a shared computer is a security risk and should be avoided.

On my computers I am the only one who uses the login accounts I post on forums from, so that is not an issue.

Also I have it ingrained in to me from MoD ITSO tellings off to always lock my computer when I leave it. Annoying, but it's become habit.

[Never-In-Doubt]

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p.s anyone notice we're now blue and not orange?

darn, you really ought to delete those bloody biscuits guys

[Never-In-Doubt]

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I don't completely agree with that.

Maybe for infrequent users, or people who don't know what they are doing?

Ermmm, ask steve mate! he was the one that spent over 2 weeks sorting peoples systems so they could see the new forums. Most users here are infrequent users, ie they may use a PC but are by no way clued up like you/steve etc etc

Stop arguing , good housekeeping is to clear cookies upon exit of a site - for a number of reasons! I can easily show you raw data of errors for AAD and you'll see how "clued up" a lot of our users are....

[Riz]

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You know we changed servers through the night? We do a lot of upgrades and tweaks, through the night - with forums it is best to always clear cookies after each session to avoid the problem we had when we switched from PHPBB to vBulletin, ie a lot of users that stored cookies were seeing the old forums and not the new ones.

Just an example why I feel cookies should always be cleared

I don't completely agree with that.

Maybe for infrequent users, or people who don't know what they are doing?

However, if something is a bit "screwy", virtually the first thing I will do is clear cookies to see if that rectifies things.

I also do periodically clear cookies as a precaution, even for sites where I have an exception.

[Never-In-Doubt]

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Like mine for most sites.

For this site I have an exception added.

You know we changed servers through the night? We do a lot of upgrades and tweaks, through the night - with forums it is best to always clear cookies after each session to avoid the problem we had when we switched from PHPBB to vBulletin, ie a lot of users that stored cookies were seeing the old forums and not the new ones.

Just an example why I feel cookies should always be cleared

[Riz]

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Like mine

Like mine for most sites.

For this site I have an exception added.

[Never-In-Doubt]

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