[X-Newbies] Safari and eBay signin

[Steven Rogers]

On Nov 11, 2004, at 7:36 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> Somewhere along the path of OS (and Safari) upgrades (10.2-10.3.5), 
> Safari has lost the ability to "keep me signed in" to eBay. Every time 
> I try to go to "My eBay" I have to enter my user ID and password, even 
> if I've told it to keep me signed in. I even have to re-signin if I 
> press refresh after the browser has been idle for about 20 minutes. 
> Any ideas why it's now like this? As far as I remember I haven't 
> changed any of my Safari settings.

So far as I know, Ebay has worked like that for years, and most sites 
with data that's even a little bit sensitive do also (e.g. Yahoo 
groups). Even when you have "remember my password" checked, it 
periodically asks you for it again anyway if your session times out, 
and before you begin any identity-sensitive transaction. Its just their 
way of trying to cut down on the massive amount of abuse that goes on 
through identity theft.

SR