Originally Posted by
WillBarrett_68
whether I'm logged into a website will not have any impact on my laptop getting stolen.
How is staying logged in going to affect cookie theft or session hijacking, or shoulder surfing?
If anything, shoulder surfing would be MORE of a concern if I have to re-authenticate constantly.
It won't make it more likely to get stolen, but the potential for misuse increases if it is stolen. Even if the person does have a password on their device, it isn't that hard to guess passwords nowadays.
Are you familiar with the concept of session hijacking and cookie theft?
By shoulder surfing, I mean someone walks away from their computer without locking it. While they are away, anyone has access to their Delta account.