The thing is, all this logged-in-forever convenience comes at the cost of reduced security. Indeed, many mobile apps quietly and automatically remember your password even between reboots so the app can log you back in automatically every time you restart it. It’s even more convenient to stay logged in via mobile apps, because typing a suitably long and secure password is harder and more error prone on a phone than it is on a regular keyboard. Other sites use other words, such as “Remember me,” but the idea is the same: you login once and then you don’t have to keep logging back in all the time. We know how convenient it is to login to Facebook in the morning, or at the beginning of the week, and to tick the “Keep me logged in” box. We’re suggesting that you don’t stay logged in to your favourite online services all the time. Today’s Advent tip is a harder sell than most of the others we’ve done so far.
