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I think some people don't realize that CSRF tokens are basically the same thing as bearer tokens (which JWT also does), but it's just that they get re-generated every time you open a new page usually. So it's a bit ironic when everyone screams that tokens are bad, but they're all using them to protect against confused deputy attacks.



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