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setting JWTs in local storage is a security risk. #113

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Setting JWTs in local storage is bad practice according to OWASP, and makes JWTs suceptible to session steal through for instance an XSS.

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/HTML5_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html#local-storage

Do not store session identifiers in local storage as the data is always accessible by JavaScript. Cookies can mitigate this risk using the httpOnly flag.

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A single Cross Site Scripting can be used to steal all the data in these objects, so again it's recommended not to store sensitive information in local storage.

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