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title: "Discussion on \"Your browser already knows who you are. The form does not.\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Your browser already knows who you are. The form does not.\". Submission portals ask for the same author list, the same affiliation, the same ORCID, every time. The data is already in the browser you are signed into. Here is what it takes for an agent to fill the form from inside that session instead of from a fresh one."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/your-browser-already-knows-who-you-are-the-form-does-not/6ad1fa2b300e7c2abead4ef8"
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# [Your browser already knows who you are. The form does not.](https://rimaiti.hashnode.dev/your-browser-already-knows-who-you-are-the-form-does-not?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Submission portals ask for the same author list, the same affiliation, the same ORCID, every time. The data is already in the browser you are signed into. Here is what it takes for an agent to fill the form from inside that session instead of from a fresh one.

Oct 16 · 7 min read · rimaiti.hashnode.dev  
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-   [#form-filling](https://hashnode.com/tag/form-filling)
-   [#browser-automation](https://hashnode.com/tag/browser-automation)
-   [#chrome-devtools-protocol](https://hashnode.com/tag/chrome-devtools-protocol)

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