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Re:Show HN: Chrome extension to see unread replies on your H... by lowcoderev on Saturday October 08, 2022 @10:14AM (#33132422)
How does it work without using cookies?
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Re:Show HN: Chrome extension to see unread replies on your H... by anandrmedia on Saturday October 08, 2022 @10:18AM (#33132451)
The extension simply gets your public HN username and uses that to uniquely identify you. So there is no need to store any cookies.
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