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by Marsymars 1795 days ago
I find it surprising that there are corporations that are using shared workstations in that way. My company has shared workstations, but you need to log in with your own account, as has been the case for every one of my previous employers.

Modern operating systems and browsers seem like they’d have all kinds of pain points if they’re used by multiple users.

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Yes. Imagine the front desk of a retail store, where each employee on their shift logs in, uses the software, and then logs out at the end of their shift. You don't want autofill to build up memory of customers or anything over their login period.