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Great article. Thanks for the explanation. Re: your section under "Why", it's worth mentioning that the default same-site value for cookies is lax, which means CSRF attacks aren't an issue because the cookie won't be sent cross-origin, unless the developer purposely changed the default value.

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David Klempfner
David Klempfner

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I’m a software developer who is passionate about learning how things work behind the scenes.

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