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Cookies created/controlled by OS’s instead of websites

richarddunnebsc
2018-01-22

Could website registration/login (passwords) be simplified/more secure, if Cookies were created and controlled by the users’ OS instead of the websites themselves?

jhpratt
2018-01-22

There are plenty of browser extensions (like LastPass) that already manage logins. Is this the type of thing you’re picturing?

DanielHerr
2018-01-22

It seems like you are talking about the new credential management api.

https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/credential-management/

SoniEx2
2018-01-23

Like this? https://bitbucket.org/SoniEx2/http-cookies-required