If I log into a website, like this one, does everyone who uses the same internet...

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...connection also log in as me? I use a shared internet but not a shared computer. Does this mean when i log in, the whole internet logs in or just my computer? Does it mean that people on a different PC but using the same internet can do things as me on the websites I have logged onto?
 
In the general case - no
In this specific case - no

It is possible to use ip address based authentication but this is only used in special cases. The majority of sites use cookies to handle authentication. These are small bits of data that are stored by the web browser (almost always in the system's user account).

So to use your credentials, the other user would have to be logged into your computer as you and use the same web browser.
 
In the general case - no
In this specific case - no

It is possible to use ip address based authentication but this is only used in special cases. The majority of sites use cookies to handle authentication. These are small bits of data that are stored by the web browser (almost always in the system's user account).

So to use your credentials, the other user would have to be logged into your computer as you and use the same web browser.
 
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