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.
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