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Hardcoding sensitive information, such as passwords and encryption keys, is an extremely dangerous practice. This is because adversaries who have access to the class files can decompile them to discover the sensitive information. Additionally, once the system goes into production mode, it can become unwieldy to manage and accommodate changes to the code. For instance, a change in password may need to be communicated using a patch \[[Chess 07|AA. Java References#Chess 07]\]. |
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