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react-native-confirmation-code-field: Building Secure OTP Input

This tiny React Native library gives you a clean OTP entry UI, but a secure one-time-code flow is mostly about what happens around the field, not in it.

Nov 12, 20256 min read
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@twotalltotems/react-native-otp-input: A Security Guide

This popular OTP input component for React Native has not shipped an update in years. Here is a security guide to using @twotalltotems/react-native-otp-input, or moving off it.

Nov 4, 20255 min read
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react-native-android-location-enabler: Safe Usage and Security Notes

The react-native-android-location-enabler package shows the native Android dialog that asks users to turn on location services. Here is how to use it correctly and the privacy practices that go with it.

Oct 22, 20255 min read
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React Native Cookies: Managing and Securing Session Cookies

A guide to react-native-cookies for reading and writing HTTP cookies in React Native apps, the platform gotchas, and how to keep session cookies secure.

Oct 2, 20255 min read
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react-native-compressor: Security and Trust Considerations for Media Compression

react-native-compressor shrinks images, video, and audio on-device before upload. Here is how to vet it, its native footprint, and where the real risks are.

Sep 22, 20256 min read
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What react-native-get-random-values Does and Why Your App Needs It

The react-native-get-random-values package polyfills crypto.getRandomValues so libraries like uuid work under React Native's Hermes engine. Here is how to install it correctly and use it securely.

Sep 14, 20255 min read
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React Native MMKV: Fast Storage and How to Keep It Secure

React Native MMKV is the fastest key-value store for React Native, but speed does not equal security. Here is how to use it and how to protect the data you put in it.

Sep 2, 20255 min read
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react-native-flash-message: A Security Guide

The react-native-flash-message package is a popular but no-longer-maintained notification library. Here is what its inactive status means for your app's security.

Aug 21, 20256 min read
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react-native-video-processing: Status, Risks, and Alternatives

A security-minded look at react-native-video-processing: what the library does, its maintenance status, the native dependency risk, and what to use instead.

Aug 12, 20256 min read
Open Source Security

react-native-encrypted-storage: A Practical Security Guide

What react-native-encrypted-storage does, how it wraps iOS Keychain and Android EncryptedSharedPreferences, its maintenance status, and how it compares to react-native-secure-storage.

Jul 8, 20256 min read
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react-native-version-check: Prompting App Updates the Safe Way

react-native-version-check compares the installed app version against the store listing so you can prompt users to update. Here is how to wire it up and its security tradeoffs.

Jul 2, 20256 min read
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react-native-fs: What to Know Before You Depend On It

react-native-fs gives React Native apps native filesystem access, but its maintenance status and the way you handle paths both carry real security weight.

Jul 2, 20255 min read

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