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React Native Password Encryption and Decryption using Base64 Method

skptricks on August 15, 2019

Source : React Native Password Encryption and Decryption using Base64 Method This tutorial explains how encrypt and decrypt password text using B...
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Swarup Kumar Mahapatra

Encryption IS NOT equal to Encoding.
Hence simply masking the password with Base-64 is one of the worst ideas.
It just gives false sense of security.. Hence title of article is truly misleading.
Specially if junior developers are looking into it. They need to have a Secure First mind set.