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How is security handled in JavaScript on the client side?

Mid JavaScript
Quick Answer Client-side JS security: never trust user input (validate server-side), avoid innerHTML with untrusted content (XSS risk), use Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to block inline scripts, store tokens in httpOnly cookies (not localStorage), sanitize DOM content, and avoid eval() or Function() with dynamic strings.

Answer

  • Sanitize inputs to prevent XSS
  • Use HTTPS
  • Implement CSP
  • Prevent CSRF
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