I’ve been playing around with the following bit of code “ Logging in Cloaked” courtesy of vroom for no there reason than idle curiosity.

http://perlmonks.org?op=login&user=LoginName&passwd=password&ticker=yes
Copy & Paste into browser substituting LoginName and Password with your personal details should log the User in “Cloaked”.

However

  • It only works on my Windows set up if I am already logged in.
  • The first use of the script logs the user in "Decloaked".
  • The second use of the script logs the user in "Cloaked".
  • Clicking the button to “Decloak” in the Chatter Box does not make one visible to "Other Users" on Windows.
  • Changing the script to
    http://perlmonks.org?op=login&user=LoginName&passwd=password&ticker=no
    and hitting return twice gives the desired effect of decloaking.


    • I’m wondering if the cookie is persistent and needs to be deleted?
    Can anyone explain this need to run the script twice.

    In reply to Cloaked or Decloaked by Gavin

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