Facebook does not use cookies to identify us?

[Gordon.C]

Hi,

I discovered this upon doing a CCleaner clean up. All cache data in all browsers were gone hence all history, cookies and cached files were gone so all websites were reset to their login pages but not Facebook.

Facebook was just as logged in as before.

What do they use instead of cookies?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Facebook uses cookies.

 

[Gordon.C]

Facebook uses cookies.

Yes my title is somewhat misleading. Facebook does in fact use cookies but if you remove all cached files (cookies included) from your browser you will still be logged to Facebook. Try it

 

[Gordon.C]

I did a fresh CCleaner clean up and found that many cookies were not removed from my browser, while majority of pages seemed to logout properly. So its probably something to do with CCleaner then.

 

[johnb35]

You must have changed settings in ccleaner because when I run it, I have to log back in. Or its possible you have excluded facebook cookie from being deleted?

As you can see in the screenshot, facebook is a cookie it will delete if you run it. Check to make sure facebook isn't listed on the right, if so remove it.

 

[Gordon.C]

Oh yeah its there... I was never used to this settings in CCleaner. My bad then.