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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by amadeuspagel on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:42AM (#36827182)
The max age of a cookie is a little more then a year, meaning that as long as you visit a site more then once per year, this is possible.
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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by charcircuit on Saturday July 22, 2023 @02:36PM (#36828581)
Coookies can live longer than a year. Making it no longer possible to make them "permanent" is a browser specific thing.
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