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Re:Developers don't understand CORS (2019) by mr_toad on Sunday June 21, 2026 @10:19AM (#48619210)
> Isn't that what CSRF protections are for, not CORS?

Without the same origin policy CSRF protections would be trivial to circumvent, since you’d be able to read the CSRF token from any page.

Re:Developers don't understand CORS (2019) by cyphar on Sunday June 21, 2026 @12:56PM (#48620466)
Sure, but that falls under the "no unauthorised GET data" thing I talked about...?