CSO app problem

[vonfirmath]

With the new phone, I am finding interesting new problems

I just realized I was reading Community Chat and Senior Community Chat on the CSO app on my phone without being logged in!
The Login button was showing so I went "what" and went to check messages and it said you must be logged in to see these.

Then went back to community Chat and Senior Community Chat and both are completely open to read.

 

[LISmama810]

I've had it happen before where it thinks I'm not logged in, but I am, or vice-versa. Sort of. I think it's more of a glitch than an actual loophole to allow non-logged-in people to read stuff they're not supposed to.

I logged out just now and wasn't able to access any of the private areas.

 

[Admin]

Had you been logged in at all on this device recently?

I've seen this before after I had logged out, but had never been able to reproduce it from scratch.

 

[vonfirmath]

Not this device, no. But I synced my iphone 5 to the backup in itunes my old 4s had made and the 4s was logged in.

 

[Admin]

If it brought over cookies from your other phone that could explain it. Login status is set by a cookie on the local device. Sometimes a cookie can become corrupted or persist longer than designed (1 hour from last action), even after logout.

I am concerned if you could see private forums on a browser that was newly installed, a new device or after clearing cookies/cache. I have just tried this on a few devices and not been able to reproduce it, but if it starts happening to people it might be an indication that the original app has further become incompatible with the latest mobile operating systems.

 

[vonfirmath]

I'm not sure how to clear cookies. Would deleting the app on the new phone and reloading it off of itunes do it?

 

[Admin]

For the app, that may be the only way unfortunately.

For other browsers, these instructions will be easier:

https://kb.iu.edu/d/ahic