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"You can't trust client side validations anyway" @Thorsten, can you point to some reasoning for taking this position? I'm seriously curious, being relatively inexperienced; not being sarcastic here.

StevenV
– StevenV

2011-08-16 17:05:55 +00:00
Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 17:05
@StevenV: In general, don't trust anything that comes from a browser. Your website and JavaScript are readable for the user. He can change the JavaScript to begin with. If you submit a form, the data entered becomes part of the URL and can be changed easy enough.

thorsten müller
– thorsten müller

2011-08-16 17:23:20 +00:00
Commented Aug 16, 2011 at 17:23

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