[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9577: use user_id rather than user_login in the authentication cookie

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#9577: use user_id rather than user_login in the authentication cookie
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:  ryan                         
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new                          
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  2.8                          
Component:  Security           |     Version:  2.8                          
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:  has-patch tested dev-feedback
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Comment(by ryan):

 I think we went with username instead of ID in the cookie because we
 expose usernames in so many other places that isn't really very private.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9577#comment:3>
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