April KingNov 21, 2024

Handling Cookies is a Minefield:

inconsistencies in the HTTP cookie specification and its implementations have caused a situation where countless websites (including Facebook, Netflix, Okta, WhatsApp, Apple, etc.) are one small mistake away from locking their users out.

https://grayduck.mn/2024/11/21/handling-cookies-is-a-minefield/

April King — Handling Cookies is a Minefield

Discrepancies in how browsers and libraries handle HTTP cookies, and the problems caused by such things.

Show threadSeb-SolonNov 23, 2024
@april
Thanks, that's a very interesting article! Out of curiosity, did you keep track of the version of the programming languages used? It could be nice to do the exercise again in a couple of year to compare 😀
Show threadApril King
@Seb_Solon I didn’t, although I probably should have. Most of those tests were over a year old, although I don’t think anything has changed in them.
Nov 23, 2024 at 4:14pmWeb