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Cookies on Mobile Websites

Quick question:

Why do mobile websites force users to login over and over again rather than remembering users like normal websites do?

For example, Gmail, Dodgeball (another Google property), and Twitter Mobile all have a habit of logging me out rather than remembering my login information.

While this may be a security feature in a normal browser where I often walk away from my computer without logging out of all applications, how often does one leave their phone somewhere where anyone could login and update their Twitter status without their permission?

Is this simply an oversight of mobile website developers, an intentional design I don't understand, or are their technical limitations of mobile devices like my Treo 700p that are causing this issue?

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1. Posted by: Anthony Nemitz on May 15, 2007 12:07 PM:

I would assume it is an issue with blazer. I've been using IE mobile for awhile now and I continue to stay logged in on facebook, twitter, google indefinitely.

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