Re: cookie crumbs
- From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:13:58 -0500
That would be incredibly insecure, more so than putting the password in a
cookie.
I hope it's not the case.
Thanks to all for the suggestions -- I'm going to try them out.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: cookie crumbs
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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