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Spell out secure secret storage and sharing (#1875)

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Co-authored-by: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Travis Ralston <travpc@gmail.com>
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Document the acronyms and alternate names for the "Secrets" section.

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Secrets are plain strings; structured data can be stored by encoding it Secrets are plain strings; structured data can be stored by encoding it
as a string. as a string.
The mechanism described in this section is known as "secure secret storage and
sharing", "SSSS", or "4S".
#### Storage #### Storage
When secrets are stored on the server, they are stored in the user's When secrets are stored on the server, they are stored in the user's

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