# Why did I just have to log in?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397>\
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**Created:** [June 5, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397 "2011-06-05T15:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397/1 "2011-06-05T15:22:48Z")

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I have the SDMB set to automatically remember me, so I never need to log in. Except just now, I did. I have not knowingly or willingly changed anything with my cookies on this end-- Did anything change on yours? Is this happening to anyone else?

Not exactly an urgent matter, but I’m curious.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397/2 "2011-06-06T06:57:32Z")

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Nothing here. Is this the only site with a problem? I’ve lost all my cookies at once before, but not just for a few sites.

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**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397/3 "2011-06-06T09:24:33Z")

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Sometimes your browser will shed a cookie if the cookie gets too old, or if the cookie has become corrupted.  
It’s on your end. Nothing has changed on this end.

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397/4 "2011-06-07T20:38:52Z")

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It’s a classic symptom of a “man-in-the-middle” attack. Your SDMB experience is now being filtered so that it is properly harmonious with society.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397/5 "2011-06-11T02:32:31Z")

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Have you upgraded your web browser recently?

I upgraded Firefox a few weeks ago, and for several days afterwards, I kept on being logged out of various forums. It righted itself after a while. Took about a week.

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**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397/6 "2011-06-11T23:39:07Z")

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Hmmm. Just happened to me as well. I’m just lucky I could remember my password. It’s been ages since I’ve used it.