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“Some web apps log you out quickly under the assumption that you might be on a shared computer. That makes sense if you’re using an Internet café in 2006. But for most people, web session expiry is just a relic of a bygone era.”

“Some web apps log you out quickly under the assumption that you might be on a shared computer. That makes sense if you’re using an Internet café in 2006. But for most people, web session expiry is just a relic of a bygone era.”

https://tailscale.com/blog/frequent-reath-security

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so good

have been annoyed by our 7 day session for the web wallet and this gives a great articulation of what was implicitly annoying me

> But the "agressively mid-range" expiry times on most websites, like 7 days or 30 days, don’t help anyone with anything. They’re too long to stop real session hijacking before the damage is done, but so short they're constantly annoying. It’s the worst of both worlds. Security theatre.