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by mr_toad 2396 days ago
> The only very minor difference between first and third party script inclusion is access to HttpOnly cookies

That’s not a minor difference, http only is used for authentication.

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Correct. Authentication should always be via cookies with "HttpOnly" set, since (a) the cookie is not needed client side and (b) it somewhat limits the damage XSS can do.