#988 - How Websites Remember You: Diving into Cookies & More
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Were it not for cookies, logging in to a website once wouldn't be enough; you'd have to login again for every page you visited.
But remembering you is becomeing ever so slightly more complicated with the advent of passkeys. Not that the cookies are changing, but how you sign in might start feeling like you've been remembered ... because in a way you have.
How Websites Remember You: Diving into Cookies & More has the details.
Also this week
- Constant disk activity
- Sign in with Facebook considered risky
- Wait. Just ... wait
- Boosting battery life
As always, links below.
TEH Podcast
This week: AI playing Diplomacy (the game), a podcast (not ours) where one of the guests is 100% AI, a cute Disney robot, and why perhaps robots might be better off NOT trying to look human. All that, generating oxygen on Mars, things we think are cool, and more.
TEH 206: AI is smart and dumb. Robots can be cute. And Passkeys.
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How Websites Remember You: Diving into Cookies & More
Making life easier for you.
Websites remember that you signed in previously both as a convenience and as a way to make using the site possible.
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Also This Week on Ask Leo!
Why Do I Have Constant Disk Activity in Windows? |  |
| Unexplained disk activity is easy to identify with the right tools. We'll use Process Monitor. Read: Why Do I Have Constant Disk Activity in Windows? | |
Breaking Up with "Sign in With Facebook": a Step-by-Step Guide |  |
| Using Facebook to sign in to other accounts isn't optimal. Here's how to sever that relationship. Read: Breaking Up with "Sign in With Facebook": a Step-by-Step Guide | |
Wait. |  |
| In which I diagnose an issue online and come to an interesting conclusion. Read: Wait. | |
Boost Your Battery! Top Tips for Maximum Life |  |
| How to get the most out of your laptop battery. Read: Boost Your Battery! Top Tips for Maximum Life | |
What Is a Browser Cache? How Do I Clear It? |  |
| Clearing your browser cache is the first thing to try when you encounter webpage problems. I'll look at why and how to clear your cache. Read: What Is a Browser Cache? How Do I Clear It? | |
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 | What is a Browser Cache? How Do I Clear It?"Clear your browser cache" is the first thing to try when you encounter webpage problems. I'll look at why and how to clear your cache.Watch: What is a Browser Cache? How Do I Clear It? |
 | Boost Your Battery! Top Tips for Maximum LifeSome guidance to get the maximum battery out of your laptop battery.Watch: Boost Your Battery! Top Tips for Maximum Life |
 | WaitIn which I wait a bit diagnose an issue online, leading me to an interesting conclusion.Watch: Wait |
 | Breaking Up with Sign in With Facebook: A Step-by-Step GuideUndoing ' Sign in with Facebook'Watch: Breaking Up with Sign in With Facebook: A Step-by-Step Guide |
 | How Websites Remember You: Diving into Cookies & MoreWebsites remember that you signed in previously both as a convenience and as a way to make using the site possible.Watch: How Websites Remember You: Diving into Cookies & More |
 | Why Do I Have Constant Disk Activity in Windows?Unexplained disk activity turns out to be fairly easy to identify with the right tools. We'll use Process Monitor.Watch: Why Do I Have Constant Disk Activity in Windows? |
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