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by jwtadvice 3659 days ago
Agreed everywhere.

Users tend to be looser with their id_tokens (for example posting on forums, stackexchange, etc) than with access_tokens because they understand the access_tokens are credentials whereas the id_tokens are (technically) not.

Definitely open redirects and the session fixation problems are not JWTs specifically - it's just that they tend to plague applications that use JWTs for transport. I admit it's kind of like telling people that talking on the phone while driving is a bad way to use your seatbelt. It's true - but maybe not scoped enough.