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by bell-cot 97 days ago
Using "secret" in that sense instantly reminds me of hyped-up headlines for time-waster news stories. Most people don't know what 2^8 is, either.
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the difference is that knowing 2^8 is generally not useful to people who don't know it

this here is something that's pretty useful to most ssh users, yet seldom spoken of

a better analogy would be comparing it to calling a very good, but not well-known restaurant a secret place - using the word to mean a hidden gem rather than an intentionally hidden secret