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>I am talking about a much more general class of security than just XSS.

And what would those be that are relevant to this discussion? The way we (ab)use cookies is arguably not their intended use either.

I can't think of a scenario in this context where an attacker says "damn he is using http-only cookies, I won't be able to do what I want to do"

The only pragmatic difference between both is js accessibility. That only matters when someone can inject scripts into your site. My point is, when that happens, cookies are also bust.



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