https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47694
--- Comment #24 from Nemo <federicol...@tiscali.it> --- (In reply to comment #23) > (In reply to comment #22) > > This request for a handful more characters on login seems quite > > straightforward; 4 months later, can we proceed or are fingers still heated? > > It's still a bad idea. > > 1). The "30 days" is likely change to be much longer, or indefinite, if you > check the box. It's one of the pieces of privacy policy feedback that keeps > coming in, and with a revision to the policy going to be published for > community input soon, there's not much point in specifying something that may > not need to be specified soon. I don't understand this point. The cookie expiry is set now, not in the future. Are you saying it can be changed retroactively? > > 2). Knowing how long doesn't actually help you make a decision. Either you do > or do not want to be remembered. If you do, the amount of time doesn't > matter. It does when you find yourself logged out. It also helps understanding the impact of your choice; for instance, I personally allow most sites to keep cookies for one browser session only, and I am happier if their cookie expires earlier. > If you don't (such as for being on a shared system), it doesn't matter if > it's > 30 days or 2. > > This is another case where details don't help you make a choice, but we're > being pushed to carry over legacy content despite the fact that most people > agreed that the legacy message ("remember me for 180 days") was bizarre and > unnecessary. This is just an assumption so I won't reply. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l