How do VKontakte (and other large Internet services) store my data? I checked the cookies, but they are not there as in other services of ordinary pass_hash cookies, or something like that. And in general, where from even on simple sites 40 cookies are typed?

  • Each cookie has its own special purpose, but nobody ever stores the login and password (or even the password hash) in cookies because it is not safe - andreymal
  • And no one shows the real hash of the data, much less stored in cookies is unsafe - but there are exceptions. Everything happens on the server, during authorization, a session cookie is generated with the uid address, which is placed in the cookie, but the data itself is on the server and does not peek at all. - And

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