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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: Avoid staying signed in on a public    
   05 Feb 25 23:49:03   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 26/1/2025 12:45 am, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Instead of saying "avoid satying signed in", why not "Always LOGOUT or   
   >> SIGN OUT"? Make it a die-hard habbit!! :)   
   >   
   > What if the user loses the signal before the session closes nicely? I'm   
   > assuming the session remains open with some sort of session ID which is   
   > what allows it to persist from device to device and application to   
   > application.   
   >   
   > That makes it possible for a nefarious actor to take over the still open   
   > session.   
   >   
   > What an incredibly insecure practice this is.   
      
   "avoid staying signed in" meant you had already logged in. That's why I   
   suggest logging out properly. :)   
      
   Of course, it's better to NEVER EVER SIGN IN in public   
   networks/computers including free wifi.   
      
   But nowdays HTTPS is widely used, it is quite secured for surfing   
   websites with login but unrelated to money.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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