Do you logoff every site you vist or just close the window?

United States
April 12, 2010 10:29pm CST
This just occured to me that sometimes I forget to logoff before I close a window. Not sure that it makes much difference or not. Do you always logoff? Or just close the window? What difference do you think it makes if any?
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8 responses
• United States
13 Apr 10
I make sure I log off the real important sites that have personal information on them. Sometimes if I leave my laptop open without logging off & just leave for a moment to another room friends/family sometimes try to sneak in some computer usage while I'm away. They probably wont do anything, but I don't like them seeing stuff like my bank account details or conversations via email I'm having with someone else.
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• Bulgaria
13 Apr 10
I never do log off. Systems make this after period of time in the most sites. I don't see any sense in log off.
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• India
13 Apr 10
I do not log off computer,usually i am the only person using my computer.but sometimes i forgot to log off in public computers also.so always log off computer after using it.
@aabuda (1722)
• Philippines
15 Apr 10
If you are using a public computer, then you should always log off the site that you have visited, especially your facebook or twitter account before anyone uses your account illegally. And since, I am just using my mobile phone to surf the Net, I just don't bother myself logging off.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
When i leave a site, i usually just close the window and never mind logging off. The difference is, when i return to the site i'm already logged in and don't have to go through the process of logging in and typing all those information including typing caphas which i find annoying.
• India
13 Apr 10
I follow a habit of log off instead of just closing. Many times when you just close the window and do not do a proper log off , process is still running in the background without an User Interface. This makes your box slow in the response. There is another side of it, if you do not log off and some one hits the same site again, may be your logged in page is available which can be misused. We should always log off from any site for security reasons :)
@timhinyy (1653)
• United States
13 Apr 10
I usually just close it if it is a site that I visit on a regular basis say like youtube or something like that why would you need to log off of there all the time for the sites that I visit daily like for instance this site here I will not log off if I am just going to be back later that day.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
13 Apr 10
I also just close the window when i visiting any website.. but if i have joined any website and then i visit on that website then i logout from this website always..