Comment by nstart

That last part where he talks about logging out being the responsibility of the client is rather key. Basically I can't invalidate the key from the server side. So if a user's account is compromised and they recover it on their mobile app for example, I can't sign the user out of everywhere else too. It's what has given me pause about jwt so far and has held me back from using it. I find the cookie is generally good enough to hold most other information I need about the user.