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No, storing JWT in the local storage is not the issue

Amin on February 28, 2024

Disclaimer: anything taugh here should be used in a controlled environment with the aggrement of the target application's author and/or owner if ap...
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Encoding is a reversible operation that can be done using a[n] [...] encoding algorithm such as md5 [...]

I mean, granted, md5 is somewhat "reversible" these days, but... No.

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Amin • Edited

Correct, I'll remove this part in this article as this is might create unecessary debate about whether md5 is reversible or not since this is not the point of this article. Thank you for your insight!