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Oliver Haslam

Apple's secret Safari cookie crackdown could have unintended consequences for your logins

iPhone 13 mini in hand

A change to the way WebKit handles some internet cookies means that Safari 16.4 will invalidate them more frequently in the name of privacy. But that could also mean that users have to log into their accounts more often as well.

The change, which is built into the underlying WebKit browser engine and implemented as part of the recent Safari 16.4 release, isn't specifically mentioned in Apple's release notes. But it's been spotted by WebKit experts and shared on Twitter.

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