From: Glenn Shaw (mpmutt@mtaofnj.us)
Date: Sat Aug 21 2004 - 14:56:07 PDT
You do not have to have any email account "logged in" for Ebay use.
Make sure you do not have the "KEEP ME SIGNED IN" box checked. Are you
sure you know what you are talking about?
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From: J. Forster [mailto:jfor@quik.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 3:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [MV] A Disgusting Development... re: eBay
Yes, you can remove them after the fact. You can also put toothpaste
back into the tube, but it's a pain.
Furthermore, I just found out the hard way, that with this new 'feature'
you can only bid under the used ID that corresponds to the email account
you are logged into. I run cookie flushers all the time, but eBay has
apparently found some new way of hiding them. They KNEW my user ID and
PW, WITHOUT my entering them. So anyone with access to my computer can
bid in my place, w/o knowing my user info.
IMO, this is a real security risk.
-John
Glenn Shaw wrote:
> Hi
> How does it affect snipers? Does it take a long time for the cookie
> setting to occur?
>
> I just set the cookie policy to allow cookies for this session only
> and have them expire when the session ends. Also you can use small
> programs that destroy cookies as soon as they come in such as Cookie
> Muncher (freeware), or you can have them removed by HistoryKill which
> is a low cost program that cleans them up when you close the browser.
> Poof no cookie problem.
>
> Glenn
>
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