Re: cookie crumbs

  • From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:51:35 -0400

Hi,

It may be that the password is not saved as a cookie on your computer directly but as a selection on the site. The site will recognize your computer by the session cookies it leaves on your computer and thereby brings up your account on that site. You confirm who you are with your user name and the site fills in the rest.


----- Original Message ----- From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "bprogramming" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:40 PM
Subject: cookie crumbs


Hi all --
I have a question about IE7, the google toolbar, and anything else that
might be responsible for saving passwords.  I have logins on a number of
sites that I really don't want broken into -- places like paypal for
example. I do not want the password, which I always have memorized, saved in
some cookie on my system. At first I thought this would not happen without
me explicitly telling it to, but recently when I go to paypal, something
fills in the password field. Since the password is starred out, I tried
hitting the log in button to see if the saved password would work and sure
enough, it did.
So what app is responsible for saving this info, and howdo I prevent it?
(Needless to say, I never opt to save a cookie with this info on the sites
of interest.  So I don't think that I'm the culprit...)
TIA for any info.
--le


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