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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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🔐 Still storing JWT in LocalStorage? Time to stop — here’s the 2025 way

HTTP-only cookies + CSRF token = simple, safe, and seamless.

✅ Benefits you get:
• Immune to XSS — JavaScript can’t steal what it can’t see
• Auto-sent with each request — no headers to wire manually
• Built-in CSRF protection with SameSite and Secure flags
• Works with React, SSR, uploads, mobile, WebSocket, microservices

🛠️ Includes: Express + Node setup, React client, real-world examples.

👉 Learn how to future-proof your SPA:
https://javascript.plainenglish.io/good-bye-localstorage-cookie-based-jwt-for-your-spa-in-2025-b5645ed27fee

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