Encryption IS NOT equal to Encoding.
Hence simply masking the password with Base-64 is one of the worst ideas.
It just gives false sense of security.. Hence title of article is truly misleading.
Specially if junior developers are looking into it. They need to have a Secure First mind set.
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Encryption IS NOT equal to Encoding.
Hence simply masking the password with Base-64 is one of the worst ideas.
It just gives false sense of security.. Hence title of article is truly misleading.
Specially if junior developers are looking into it. They need to have a
Secure Firstmind set.