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Bob Taylor

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Aug 6, 2010, 9:38:55 PM8/6/10

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many sites that require log in have a box that may be checked "remember me" or words to that effect.

how does this work and does it present a security risk?

Bob Taylor

Jeffrey Ross

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Aug 7, 2010, 6:48:41 PM8/7/10

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On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Bob Taylor <rrta...@telebyte.net> wrote:
> many sites that require log in have a box that may be checked "remember me" or words to that effect.
>
> how does this work and does it present a security risk?

Your login information is stored as a "cookie" on your hard drive.
Generally, there is little security risk unless the computer you're
using is a public computer.