Log in permanently

When you log in, there is a tick box marked "Log in permanently". By default this box is not ticked, which means then when you successfully log in you'll be sent a single cookie, which will be deleted when you close your browser. This means that if you close and restart your browser and come back to MusicBrainz, you'll have to log in again.

On the other hand if you tick the "Log in permanently" box, then when you successfully log in you'll also receive a second cookie, which expires in 1 year (which is the maximum recommended lifetime for cookies). If you then close and restart your browser and return to MusicBrainz, you'll automatically be logged in again. If at any time you click "Logout", then both the session cookie and the "permanent" cookie are deleted, and you must log in again using the normal means.

Currently the "permanent" cookie contains your MusicBrainz username and password in plain text. So please don't use this feature if you're logging in from a shared computer (or any other computer which you don't exclusively control and trust), e.g. if you're using a public computer in a library or Internet Café.

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