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Add some way to automatically expire stale devices #724

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turt2live opened this issue Nov 30, 2020 · 4 comments
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Add some way to automatically expire stale devices #724

turt2live opened this issue Nov 30, 2020 · 4 comments
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@turt2live
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This could potentially be controlled by the server alone, however it may be useful for users to decide how long 'stale' is.

@richvdh
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richvdh commented Nov 30, 2020

related matrix-org/synapse#8263

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uhoreg commented Nov 30, 2020

Something similar could be done mostly client-side right now, where a client could periodically check your devices and prompt you to clean them up if there are any that haven't been active for a long time. However, if this was done, we'd probably want to have some synchronization between clients so that your clients don't all yell at you. This would also not help with the bot-user case.

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notramo commented Dec 23, 2020

Often private browsing mode causes new devices (user doesn't log out before closing window).
Private mode can be detected. If it's detected, then Element Web should set a shorter inactivation time for that login, e.g. 1 week (if it is not seen for 1 week). Also, it should notify the user to always log out before closing private browsing window.

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t3chguy commented Dec 23, 2020

A browser being amnesiac can't often be detected. Private mode is just one common amnesiac environment.

@richvdh richvdh transferred this issue from matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals Mar 1, 2022
@turt2live turt2live added the feature Suggestion for a significant extension which needs considerable consideration label May 28, 2022
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