# Automatically being logged out?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatically-being-logged-out/461635
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [August 29, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatically-being-logged-out/461635 "2008-08-29T02:17:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatically-being-logged-out/461635/1 "2008-08-29T02:17:40Z")

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Why am I being logged out every time I leave the Straight Dope? I have to log in every time now. This has been happening today and yesterday.

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatically-being-logged-out/461635/2 "2008-08-29T03:46:16Z")

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That is normally a cookie issue. Did the problem begin with a change in browser or computer?

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### Author: ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatically-being-logged-out/461635/3 "2008-08-29T04:46:34Z")

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The only thing I can think of is I had a Spybot message and, when I clicked ‘more info’, it didn’t have any information available, so I clicked 'don’t allow.