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0 pointsdude_abides14y ago0 comments

Yep. I'm wondering why Google, in this case, wouldn't encrypt the value stored in its cookie. Is there any technical reason other than laziness?

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calloc14y ago

I believe the cookies are set and manipulated by JavaScript, as such I'm not even sure it would be a good idea...

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0 pointsdude_abides14y ago0 comments

Yep. I'm wondering why Google, in this case, wouldn't encrypt the value stored in its cookie. Is there any technical reason other than laziness?

calloc14y ago

I believe the cookies are set and manipulated by JavaScript, as such I'm not even sure it would be a good idea...

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