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Demystifying Cookies and Tokens
I have been recently diving head first into the world of tokens and cookies. One of my customer’s is trying to prevent token and cookie theft and it has got me digging more information and deeper.
Cookies are small text files that are created by the websites (web servers) you visit and stored in your device. If you’re planning a vacation trip and your visit a travel agency’s website multiple times a day, the session ID of the cookie will reveal to the site that you’re just one unique visitor. A first-party cookie is most known to serve users in keeping their accounts logged in to the websites and thus avoiding the tedious re-entering of credentials at each visit of the site.
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