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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Is It Really Necessary To Logout of Web Sites? (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 3 years ago by greensand@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Remember when there was no conventional logout option on Amazon? You've probably also noticed that Google and Microsoft sites try to keep you logged in, and services like Discord hide the logout somewhere hard to find

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[–] Jojonintendo@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (6 children)

If your browser is set to delete cookies on closing it, your sessions should be gone anyway when you open it again. I don't logout, personally, I trust Firefox's cookie jar to isolate them by website, which makes them much less useful.

[–] greensand@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

provided you close your browser regularly

[–] Jojonintendo@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Right, I honestly didn't think of this possibility as I reboot every day.

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