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Use of the test platform keys compromises the entire security chain established by Secure Boot because the private portion underpinning their security is an open secret that's known to hundreds or possibly thousands of different people.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2024
This has been something of an open secret within the California League: The Dodgers’ affiliate would move from Rancho Cucamonga to Ontario, the Angels’ affiliate would move from San Bernardino to Rancho Cucamonga, and the Seattle Mariners’ affiliate would move from Modesto to San Bernardino.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
O’Brien suggests that Rose’s gambling had been an open secret for more than a decade throughout Major League Baseball, and certainly within the Reds organization, but both the league and the media were reluctant to enforce the rules against him.
—Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
But in December 2022, the UN released a report that finally confirmed the open secret of Rwandan support for the M23.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2024
This has been something of an open secret within the California League: The Dodgers’ affiliate would move from Rancho Cucamonga to Ontario, the Angels’ affiliate would move from San Bernardino to Rancho Cucamonga, and the Seattle Mariners’ affiliate would move from Modesto to San Bernardino.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
O’Brien suggests that Rose’s gambling had been an open secret for more than a decade throughout Major League Baseball, and certainly within the Reds organization, but both the league and the media were reluctant to enforce the rules against him.
—Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
But in December 2022, the UN released a report that finally confirmed the open secret of Rwandan support for the M23.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
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