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by akvadrako 3031 days ago
And what does that give you over just using a cookie?
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fny 3031 days ago
Sometimes you don't have cookies? Like with mobile apps. With JWT you can also have uniform auth across mobile and web apps, and when done right is a beautiful thing™.

Also cross domain/app data signing.

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tatersolid 3031 days ago
> Sometimes you don't have cookies? Like with mobile apps.

A cookie is just an HTTP header. Any mobile app that can speak HTTP can use cookies.

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