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A 20-year-long permanent cookie: America.gov and tracking

46 points · 28 comments · paimapi

  1. Dwedit · · focus · HN ↗
    I mean 20 year cookies make sense for a logon cookie, but not something given out to guests.
    1. verandaguy · · focus · HN ↗
      Why do they make sense as logon cookies?
      1. EGreg · · focus · HN ↗
        Why not?
        1. lokar · · focus · HN ↗
          The burden is to justify it.

          What technical reason is there?

          1. bsoqk · · focus · HN ↗
            How long should a cookie you expect to last forever actually last?
            1. pixelatedindex · · focus · HN ↗
              Why should it last forever?
              1. bsoqk · · focus · HN ↗
                Because when you log in you don’t want to be logged out at (what, for you, will appear to be) a random time of the future.
                1. lokar · · focus · HN ↗
                  You think login.gov (Medicare, social security, tsa, irs, etc) should leave people logged in forever?
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