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by lucassen 1432 days ago
Some «security» features dont need to be secure. This is obviously one of those as the data is readable by all, but only modifiable by «those in the know», but if someone does anyway who cares.

I’ve done hardcoded frontend identity whitelists for authorization. Some times it’s fine to let hackers access stuff, but not the vanilla mass-market browsers. Feature flags etc

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Actually, I think this one is better if it isn't perfectly secure. I make spreadsheets with passwords just so people won't go in there and accidentally delete something or make other silly mistakes. I'm not trying to hide anything or keep it safe from the outside worldor anything. Every once in a while I forget one of the passwords or set it up with a typo or something, and I have to crack it. I'm sure there's loads of people doing something similar. For me, the weak security on this particular password is a feature.