What's the point of using xauth when using X11 forwarding?

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I still don't understand the point of authenticating myself to my own local
X server when using X11 forwarding, I tried:

  ssh -R /tmp/.X11-unix/X0:/tmp/.X11-unix/X0 user@server
  # and then
  DISPLAY=:0 xterm

and everything is working fine without the mess with xauth, so why it is
required to use use xauth when doing X11 forwarding with ssh?
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