Hello everybody.
You might see that many websites such as Facebook recognize your device even after you clear the cookies of your browser, RIGHT?
Try to you log in Facebook, then log out and clear the cookies, then re-open the homepage of Facebook. You'll see that the username you used to log in with is automatically written in the login form.
Does anyone have an idea about how to do this? Has this case to do with cookies?
Thank you.
Hani1991
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Jump to PostYou didn't clear the cookies on your browser; you just logged out. They can still leave cookies on your computer even when you log out. In your case, they might have removed the "logged in" cookie but the "username" cookie is still there.
Jump to PostWell then they logged your ip address in their database and tied it to your account. I don't use Facebook so I really have no idea how it works. But I do know as a programmer that you can't force a cookie to remain in a browser if the user …
Jump to PostIn fact, it has nothing to do with cookies.
All you have to do is remove your username and password associated, by the browser, with Facebook.
If you're using Firefox, you can go to Tools menu -> Options -> Security (tab) -> Saved Passwords (which is under "Passwords"), then search …
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