Is local storage safer than cookies?

Can local storage be hacked?

If an attacker can run JavaScript on your website, they can retrieve all the data you've stored in local storage and send it off to their own domain. This means anything sensitive you've got in local storage (like a user's session data) can be compromised.

Is using local storage safe?

In summary, LocalStorage is a good and secure way to store publicly accessible, non-sensitive data that can be converted to a string, is less than 5 MB in size, should not be accessible by workers, and is not accessed often. Otherwise, other options should be considered.

Is local storage vulnerable?

Both SessionStorage and LocalStorage are vulnerable to XSS attacks. Therefore avoid storing sensitive data in browser storage. It's recommended to use the browser storage when there is, No sensitive data.

Can I use localStorage instead of cookies?

localStorage will be available for any tab or window in the browser, and will exist until it is deleted by the user or the program. Unlike a cookie, you cannot setup expiration. localStorage has a much larger storage limit as well.