Ahead in 2020: Preparing for new mechanisms that will help secure APIs
If you’re like me, you’ve spent the last several weeks reviewing the vast number of predictions industry players have been making in and around the software development space. One that I don’t think has received enough coverage is the exciting prospect that browser vendors will eventually start adding mechanisms to secure localStorage, a JavaScript accessible storage technology commonly, but dangerously, used to store critical data such as authentication tokens. While it’s unlikely we’ll see browsers implement any improvements in 2020, the sad reality is that we’re likely to see attacks that necessitate a response.