Why does one site need to ask for my login on every computer I use?
Why does one site need to ask for my login on every computer I use?
I am really confused because I have no idea which forum this belongs to. I want to sign into a supermarket website using two different "points" (loyalty accounts) on separate computers. My plan is simple: when I need coupons for one account, I just open that specific browser. For the other, I use another browser tab or window. But the website refuses to let me do this. No matter what I try, it won't work.
For example, if I log into Account 1 on Chrome and then switch to Firefox to log in with Account 2, but come back to Chrome, it automatically becomes logged into Account 2. Even though I have never used Account 2 before, or even opened a browser that was already logged in to Account 2, the system still changes my login without asking for anything. It doesn't care that I don't actually have credentials for Account 2 stored on Chrome.
It happens whether I log into one account on my PC and another on my phone. This makes me wonder if it is a router problem? If so, does there need to be some setting I don't know about? Or has Hannaford figured out a weird trick that literally no other site in the history of the internet has ever done?
Hey there, username and password. That actually covers both email and password too. But the problem was that they put me right into their login box without going through a third person like an agent. I don't know if that makes any sense to them, but I thought about using my real IP address instead of theirs because I knew it might help something related to location or internet origin. So I tried turning on Opera's built-in VPN just so Opera would pretend to be me when connecting, while keeping my actual IP address hidden behind Firefox or Chrome for the rest of the time. Nothing worked then.
If you log into Account 1 on your computer and into Account 2 on your phone, what do you get?
It's exactly the same thing no matter what details you have. Even if someone else is logged in first, or on a different device like a phone or computer with any browser, if you try to log into another account somewhere else, it changes everything too. On the regular browser, if I don't do anything and just leave the page open, it still shows the details of Account 1. If I am on my "Clipped Coupons" page for Account 1 and then log in to Account 2 from a different place, that page will still show Account 1's coupons (it won't refresh itself or move things around). But if I manually refresh the page, click "All Coupons," go to "My Account," or do whatever else, it suddenly shows Account 2 stuff. This is even true if I have never logged into Account 2 on that browser before, so there are no saved passwords, cookies, or login info for that account in that browser. It's just crazy how a store loyalty program does this. There isn't any need for security here because they don't care about credit cards or payment information at all. And it's the first time I've ever seen something like this happen on one of six or seven supermarkets over several years, and actually, this is the only website in history where this has occurred. It's not a big deal really. I just wanted to save some time so that I didn't have to log out and back in again because my browsers stay open during the whole day. But now it drives me crazy knowing how they do it. I could understand why they want to do it, but at least I'd be okay with them staying logged in on both Chrome and Firefox rather than changing things around just for their own reasons.
If you want to try this yourself, go to hannaford.com but there are no physical loyalty cards to worry about because nothing comes in the mail. You can make two addresses up for now. I'm a little curious if just me (maybe router related) or some weird trick they know it is.