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Re: Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ?

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On 2014-02-06, Bob <rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote:
>
> I go to the Amazon.com site, sign in, and perhaps order a few things,
> etc., and then go out of the Amazon site, AND also shut off the iPad
> with its power switch.  So, I guess, it is as off as it can be.

You weren't clear, so I wonder: 

Did you simply press the sleep/wake button on the iPad to make it go to
sleep, or did you: (a) hold down the button until you saw "slide to
power off" on the screen, then (b) slide to power it off?

> Now, I turn the iPad back on, and type into Safari "Amazon".
>
> It goes right back to the Amazon site, and has still maintained my
> sign-in from my last visit !  Even though the iPad was turned totally
> Off between.
...
> How can I get the iPad to Totally disable itself from future automatic
> sign-ins to Amazon ?

As others have mentioned, Amazon stores cookies in your web browser to
keep you logged in if you don't specifically log out on the Amazon site.

Individual web browsers have settings that let you control which cookies
to allow. This naturally means one web browser may behave differently
than another in this respect. You can control the way Safari for iOS
stores cookies by visiting the Settings > Safari > Block Cookies
setting.

> This means that if I lose the iPad, anyone has, apparently, the means
> of just ordering anything using my CreditCard that appears during the
> Amazon signout procedure.

Is your iPad password protected so that you must enter a pin/password
whenever you wake it? If not, anyone with physical access to your iPad
can easily access anything on your iPad. Bad idea. To fix this, go to
Settings > General > Passcode Lock, and set it up to lock the iPad with
a ping or password to access it.

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Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ? Bob <rgsros@notme.invalid> - 2014-02-06 10:49 -0500
  Re: Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2014-02-06 10:56 -0500
  Re: Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ? "zulu" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> - 2014-02-06 16:04 +0000
  Re: Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-06 16:38 +0000
  Re: Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-07 03:28 +0000
  Re: Automaticv Logging Itself Back Into The Amazon Site problem ? Peter Crosland <g6jns@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-08 17:56 +0000

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