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(68,087 posts)Faux pas
(16,296 posts)lol that's why I was asking hoping someone would know something
gab13by13
(31,976 posts)I hit post and a screen comes up asking me to sign in, I lost my thread, had to redo it.
Faux pas
(16,296 posts)having to sign in.
bamagal62
(4,475 posts)Having to sign back in a couple of times a week.
Faux pas
(16,296 posts)bamagal62
(4,475 posts)But lately, the website wants me to
Log back in.
Its usually something Ive done as I am not computer savvy. 😂
Faux pas
(16,296 posts)It's not you, it's the site.
SheilaAnn
(10,702 posts)Faux pas
(16,296 posts)Not on my phone or laptop. DU has some kind of glitch 😳 going on.
usonian
(24,766 posts)I only do it on purpose, with the History menu or with an app.
Logins are stored in browser cookies. That is the only way I have had to log back in, by clearing them.
Do you have some privacy app or anti-virus or setting that is doing so behind your back?
I have never seen browser "updates" clear cookies.
Just my two cents' worth from someone who stays logged in for months at a time.
Even when I turn on a VPN, if I recall correctly.
Advanced users should try using the GhostText extension, but it takes some computer savvy to install. It keeps a mirror of your typing in a text editor, and the text editor never loses data, even when the network jams and you lose the text in the text box in the browser. I have gotten it to work with Firefox, Safari and Opera.