JSON Web Encryption (JWE) could be used when one needs to add sensitive information to a token that one would not want to share with other systems.

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JSON Web Encryption (JWE) could be used when one needs to add sensitive information to a token that one would not want to share with other systems. In this case, the user can decode the token and get all the information from the payload. The full specification of JWE can be found in RFC7516.

Using JSON Web Encryption (JWE)