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Re:JWT vs. Opaque Tokens by Sohcahtoa82 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @03:13PM (#33025630)
What's wrong with JSON?
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Re:JWT vs. Opaque Tokens by goodpoint on Friday September 30, 2022 @03:35PM (#33039660)
It requires a complex scanner with a stack to track nested data structures.

Not good for security nor speed in the use-case of a auth token!

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Re:JWT vs. Opaque Tokens by Aeolun on Thursday September 29, 2022 @08:28PM (#33029223)
It doesn’t have a native date type. And you cannot have comments.
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