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FRONTEND SECURITY CHECKLIST

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

A notorious hack of a fast-food chain's mobile app exposed a loophole that allowed users to generate unlimited free meal vouchers. This incident shows the importance of securing both frontend and backend systems against vulnerabilities like XSS, CSRF, and IDOR. Proper input validation, content security policies, and secure handling of environment variables are important for security.