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Is HTTP Basic auth encrypted

An internal tool uses HTTP Basic authentication over plain HTTP. Why is that unsafe?

A.Basic auth sends the password as a bcrypt hash that can be reversedB.Basic auth only works with GET requestsC.Browsers block Basic auth on internal networksD.The credentials are only base64-encoded, which anyone can decode

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