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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
 as a string.
 
+The mechanism described in this section is known as "secure secret storage and
+sharing", "SSSS", or "4S".
+
 #### Storage
 
 When secrets are stored on the server, they are stored in the user's