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by P5fRxh5kUvp2th 1360 days ago
stop being snarky, there are RFC's describing JWS and JWE, people just use the term JWT generically and let the context dictate what they're actually referring to.
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You are reading my comment uncharitably.

I did not know that encryption had made it in the JWT spec. My comment was supposed to convey surprise, not some sort of snark or sarcasm. I read the spec after the OP comment and learned something new today.