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		chris_wot on Oct 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, S... Obfuscation is not the same as encryption. Do not make that mistake!

garethadams on Oct 15, 2012 [–]

True, but encryption is merely a computationally unfeasible form of obfuscation

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