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Reduce cookie lifetime in Firefox from the end of time to mere days

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Aug 28, 2017

Why do so many websites cookies expire in 2038? Do you really need to keep cookies around for decades at a time? This simple tweak let you choose how long cookies should be stored in Firefox. Increase your privacy and avoid collecting cookie dust.

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