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A comment on Ask HN: Is a file with both public and secret content a secret or not?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Is a file with both public and secret content a s... by iamAy0 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:51AM (#28629128)
we aren't here discussing about whether the used pattern is correct or not, it's clearly not. But that's not the scope of the question.
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Re:Ask HN: Is a file with both public and secret content a s... by smt88 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:24AM (#28629591)
Then the file is secret. It's a nonsensical argument.

It's like saying, "If I put military secrets and my grocery list in a locked briefcase, is the briefcase a secret?"

First: yes, of course it is. Second: the secrets are not inherently tied together forever. You can separate them.

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