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Comment by koakuma-chan

2 days ago

I set my browser to clear cookies on exit so that my cookies cannot be stolen by malware.

Why do you think malware can't steal your cookies when the browser is open (and I assume it is open for most of the day)?

  • Because (at least less sophisticated) malware just steals your browser files which contain cookies. I am assuming of course the browser is smart enough not to write cookies to disk if I set it to clear cookies on exit.