Why must cookies be enabled to log in?

I've given my students the URL with access code for my pbwiki. But they are denied access with the following message: "You do not have cookies enabled. Please enable cookies to log in."

Many of my students are concerned about privacy/security and do not want to enable cookies. Isn't there any way for them to log in without cookies enabled?

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Rachel Pennig, Official Rep, replied on March 24, 2008 13:37

Hey Jim, we understand the security concerns of your students. We use cookies to authenticate users to your wiki and save preferences for them. If they are concerned about their security, they can visit their internet options and delete cookies after visiting PBwiki.

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Vu Nguyen, Official Rep, replied on March 28, 2008 23:32

I know that in Firefox, you can have exceptions, so that only PBwiki (and other allowed sites) can create cookies. If they know how to disable their cookies, then the Exceptions link is in the same place.

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