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Why do I need to log in, when the system already knows who I am?
August 16, 2012
6:38 PM
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Bruce Fraser
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After looking at some of the posts on the main page, I browsed over to the Forum. I am greeted with "Welcome back Bruce Fraser. Please log in to post."
Huh? The system obviously knows who I am (presumably through cookies). So why do I need to log in?
My guess is that cookies are not a secure enough way to ensure someone's identity. Just wondering.
August 16, 2012
7:08 PM
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Ashraf
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I've noticed that myself sometimes when I'm not logged in it still calls me Ashraf. I never really looked into why this is. Probably a bug with the cookies of this forum.
It really isn't a top priority for me, to be honest.
August 18, 2012
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Mukhi
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Bruce Fraser said
After looking at some of the posts on the main page, I browsed over to the Forum. I am greeted with "Welcome back Bruce Fraser. Please log in to post."
Huh? The system obviously knows who I am (presumably through cookies). So why do I need to log in?
My guess is that cookies are not a secure enough way to ensure someone's identity. Just wondering.
the system wants you to log-in when you want to make a post in the "forum". you don't need to log-in if you make comments in the "blog" (user name and email are required only).
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