This blogger, PJ Hyett, complains about the "remember me" checkbox that you can find on many websites. His complaint is that a lot of websites don't remember actually remember you when you tell them to.

This has been driving me nuts lately, so I hope any guys that develop websites read this:

IF YOU'RE GOING DISPLAY A REMEMBER ME CHECKBOX, ACTUALLY MAKE IT REMEMBER ME!!!

Is this a tricky concept? No, it's hard to screw this up, yet everytime I visit Ebay, I constantly have to sign back in if I leave for a few hours.

- PJ Hyett

I feel his pain. I've seen lots of sites which forget that you've clicked "remember me". However, I think eBay is justified in its policy.

If your site just keeps track of DDR scores or something, then security isn't that big a deal. Occasionally, someone might use a public terminal and forget to log out, and then if someone malicious comes along, they can delete all the DDR scores on that account, and the user feels stupid for having forgotten to log out, and doesn't do it again. No big deal, right?

But on sites like eBay, if a user forgets to log out, someone else can make a bid on a case of 10 blank CDs for seventy billion dollars. Then the federal law agencies (RCMP, FBI, whatever's appropriate for the country you live in) could get involved, as this may be a case of international fraud. Better to be safe than sorry when money is involved.