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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/16 3:55 PM, Cantor, Scott
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<pre wrap="">For that reason, the info I found recommended that local storage not be
used for the storage of any security-sensitive info, so as OAuth security
tokens or any other kind of bearer token, and of course not passwords,
secrets, etc.
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And cookies are the original bearer token and are obviously vulnerable, which is where we came in.</pre>
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True. The articles I read however argued that in general cookies
are still more secure and a better choice for security info since,
unlike local storage, you can and should set HttpOnly and thereby at
least prevent the Javascript XSS vectors.<br>
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