- From: L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:59:16 -0700
- To: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>
- Cc: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>, Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>, "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
On Sunday 2011-09-25 10:47 -0400, Noah Mendelsohn wrote: > As a partial workaround, I note that Firefox has an option in its > privacy settings to delete cookies whenever the browser is closed. > Am I right in assuming that this will indeed effectively "log one > out"? Yes, if: * the site is using cookies (and only cookies) to identify you, and * you're not using session restore [1] or you're not (in that session being restored) on a site having anything to do with that cookie That said, I keep hearing about how sites are or may be using other methods to track users (flash local shared objects, fingerprinting), possibly in combination with each other. -David [1] session restore being Preferences -> General -> When Firefox starts: show my windows and tabs from last time, or the similar behavior that occurs when you're prompted to restart the browser -- 𝄞 L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ 𝄂 𝄢 Mozilla http://www.mozilla.org/ 𝄂
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