On: A GitHub repository was public-viewable

[xd]

"You got downvoted because storing encrypted secrets is fine."

Storing where?

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... in version control. The response is intended to be read in context of the sentences above it.

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The security and integrity of data shouldn't rely on itself to prove such.. imagine trying to store a checksum within the data it represents for instance.