Stated retention and real lifetimes differ

Checks

• Cookie lasts longer than stated cookie_outlives_stated_period
• Session cookie is actually persistent session_cookie_is_persistent
• Consent remembered longer than stated consent_remembered_longer_than_stated
• Stored identifier never expires local_storage_identifier_never_expires
• Lifetime renewed on every visit lifetime_renewed_on_every_visit

Findings

• The consent choice is remembered longer than the site says
• A cookie's lifetime starts again on every visit
• Cookies and stored identifiers live longer than the site says

What this relies on

The stated period is the promise.

How to verify by hand

No outside source needed.