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Maintain client data with cookies

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by maryweilage

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by activemode

I normally will not use cookies when I develop an application, unless the client actually (specifically) requests it. From the time I started working with ASP.NET (after asp) so many years ago, I discovered that people are more likely to either lose the information in their computers through a crash or virus, or sometimes, they delete the information intentionally.

I would prefer to use "Sessions" that are Server Based or "Encripted Text Files" which even if they're read, cannot be deciphered.

Of course as long as you change your "UserID" for each login, you can always use QueryStrings.

I use "QueryStrings" for Desktop Websites, to save memory for the program and create a new UserID for each signin.

I use "Sessions" for Mobile Websites because of the different phone types that may not support cookies or QueryStrings.

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