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We set yak_session when you use an app, on yaks.app and its subdomains. Before you sign in, it holds a signed identifier for the browser that writes, so you can keep editing what you wrote without signing in (guest entries). Signing in adds your identity and puts your name on those entries across the apps you wrote to. It expires after ninety days of inactivity, and using it renews it. We don't use it for visitor counts or advertising.

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Apps on yaks.app

Apps in a yaks.app space use this same cookie, and we set no other cookie for them.

Contact

Questions about cookies go to hello@yaks.fyi.