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Re:Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, Santander? by chris_wot on Monday October 15, 2012 @04:24PM (#4656990)
Obfuscation is not the same as encryption. Do not make that mistake!
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Re:Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, Santander? by garethadams on Monday October 15, 2012 @04:35PM (#4657042)
True, but encryption is merely a computationally unfeasible form of obfuscation
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