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On most Stack Exchange sites, when I visit them I am already logged in if I have logged in before.

Why isn't it the case with Data Explorer?

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Global login is not open source, nor really open-source-able.

Since the Data Explorer is, we can't easily enable global login for it.

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    Is this also the reason I have to log into data.se anew every day, while I this is not the case at all other SE sites? (This might also have something to do with my using Ghostery, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for other sites.) – doncherry Nov 19 '12 at 20:21
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Having to relogin every day is a right pain -- especially since unlogged-in users have to always fill in the CAPTCHA field to run queries.

Since the promised fixes may be a long time coming, I made a userscript that fixes that.

Update:

My version of the script also redirects back to the desired target page after login.
I just released that version on GitHub.

Here's an install link. (Requires the Tampermonkey or the Violentmonkey browser extension.)

For more information, see the script's new home page on Stack Apps.

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    As a side note, the fact that you have to log in so frequently is a bug and will be fixed in the near future. – Tim Stone Jan 17 '13 at 16:51
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    Thanks, @TimStone. Looking forward to the fix. – Awesome Poodles Jan 17 '13 at 16:53
  • Awesome, thanks for the script! Have you considered putting it on StackApps? – doncherry May 10 '13 at 22:39

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