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we aren't here discussing about whether the used pattern is correct or not, it's clearly not. But that's not the scope of the question.

Then the file is secret. It's a nonsensical argument.

It's like saying, "If I put military secrets and my grocery list in a locked briefcase, is the briefcase a secret?"

First: yes, of course it is. Second: the secrets are not inherently tied together forever. You can separate them.