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> Getting people to distinguish between these concepts is probably a lost cause.

I think people here of all places should distinguish between these concepts.

There are big performance and security implications of the two approaches.



I don't think anyone has ever been confused because of the conflation of these two terms. The context typically makes it very clear.




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