🔐 You Stay Signed In Until You Logout
Logging in plants a stay-signed-in token in this browser that lasts about a
year and renews itself on every visit — closing the browser doesn't end it,
and your next visit to this page signs you in silently.
⚠ On a shared or borrowed computer, always use Logout — that
removes the token from that browser. Already left one behind somewhere?
Sign Out Everywhere on Update
Credentials ends every session at once.
📧 The Emailed Code on a New Browser
If this browser isn't recognized, the login is held while a 6-digit code
is emailed to the address on the account. The code lasts 15 minutes and
allows only a few wrong entries before you have to start the login over — the
code screen has a Resend Code link if it never arrived. Google sign-ins
go through the same check.
Entering the code marks this browser trusted indefinitely — you won't be
asked again here until you clear cookies or remove the device on
Preferences, which is also where the
check itself can be turned off.
🚫 Wrong Passwords Lock the Account
Several wrong tries in a short window lock the account temporarily — while it's
locked, even the correct password is refused. The "attempts remaining"
warning under the error is an exact count, not a scare line.
Locked out? Reset Password on Forgot
Username or Password clears the lock along with sending a temporary
password — and Sign in with Google is deliberately unaffected by a
password lockout.
🔗 What Sign in with Google Actually Does
The first Google sign-in whose Google email matches the (verified) email on an
existing account links Google to that account — you'll get a courtesy
email. From then on either method works; your username and password are
untouched.
No matching account? You're taken to sign-up with your name and email
prefilled — every account still gets its own password. Google can be
disconnected later on Update
Credentials.
💡 Tips
- No account needed to look around: anonymous visitors browse the
Gallery in a read-only demo.
Rating photos and saving anything need a real login.
- Logging in always opens your Default Page — that's the Gallery
until you pick something else on
Preferences.