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Google shortens cookie lifespan...by 30 yrs !

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/google-shortens-cookie-lifespan-by-30-yrs.63227/

anandk
anandk Original post #1
Jul 17, 2007 at 6:47 PM
Google has tipped its hand to privacy advocates and agreed to cut the lifespan of user cookies by up to 30 years, implementing a rolling two-year automatic-renewal policy instead.

Under the new policy, Google cookies will expire after two years instead of in 2038, according to the official Google blog.

*news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39288069,00.htm
Pathik
Pathik #2
Jul 17, 2007 at 6:53 PM
Chalo great!! Hopefully the google_is_invading_our_privacy people ll stop cribbing now...
gauravakaasid
Jul 17, 2007 at 7:13 PM
holy cow!!!...but wats the idea behind a >30 year cookie lifespan in the first place?
Sukhdeep Singh
Jul 17, 2007 at 7:15 PM
LOL 30 years like no one is ever gonna format :p