On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
Why not auto check keep me logged in? Do most people create account on public terminals? I doubt it. Most people will create them on their own computers/phone/etc. It would make the form even simpler.
I suspect a *significant* minority sign up on shared computers in libraries, colleges and training suites.
We need to be mindful of their security.
And almost none of these scenarios are done on a phone. Phones are personal devices that *rarely* move from person to person. Thus I ask us to get rid of it on all mobile interfaces.
As a followup to this: we're just going to remove the option.
On top of creating another choice that is potentially unnecessary, the request is somewhat confusing in light of the fact that creating an account automatically logs you in.