rspec/rules/S5691/description.adoc
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Hidden files are created automatically by many tools to save user-preferences, well-known examples are ``++.profile++``, ``++.bashrc++``, ``++.bash_history++`` or .``++git++``. To simplify the view these files are not displayed by default using operating system commands like ``++ls++``.
Outside of the user environment, hidden files are sensitive because they are used to store privacy-related information or even hard-coded secrets.