For the Twitter test, the HTTP response code is an error code if you're logged in. So if your work place blocks Twitter and returns an error code like 403 or something, then you will appear to be logged in.
The test could easily be modified so it checks some other url first to make sure twitter isn't generally blocked.
The intention of the article was to describe a general technique, rather than to provide some complete fully functional tests. Although they do work for the vast majority of people.
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For the Twitter test, the HTTP response code is an error code if you're logged in. So if your work place blocks Twitter and returns an error code like 403 or something, then you will appear to be logged in.
The test could easily be modified so it checks some other url first to make sure twitter isn't generally blocked.
The intention of the article was to describe a general technique, rather than to provide some complete fully functional tests. Although they do work for the vast majority of people.