Trade Secrets Protection

The cluster centers on discussions about why companies keep proprietary information secret, primarily citing trade secrets, IP protection, NDAs, and competitive advantages rather than illicit activities.

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fizwhiz Apr 14, 2018 View on HN

you do realize that trade secrets are a thing, right?

stale2002 Nov 2, 2016 View on HN

They have trade secrets and IP to hide, yes.

rullelito May 7, 2024 View on HN

Companies keeping their IP a secret? Weird..

mjevans May 2, 2017 View on HN

I suspect you've asked a bad question. It should be obvious that anyone who does know such a thing could not share it since it would violate any kind of NDA or basic 'secret sauce' / leverage based competitive advantages agreements they would have surely signed as even basic employment.

auselen Jun 11, 2023 View on HN

They might reveal trade secrets though.

beefok Sep 22, 2021 View on HN

Sometimes secrets imply protecting IP and nothing nefarious.

josefresco Jan 28, 2022 View on HN

They're worried about exposing "trade secrets".

shard Aug 13, 2008 View on HN

Perhaps through the use of trade secrets.

anonymfus Oct 9, 2012 View on HN

Is not most of it still under trade secret?

beardedwizard Sep 4, 2023 View on HN

Trade secrets are protected by law: https://www.wipo.int/tradesecrets/en/tradesecrets_faqs.html#...I guess society disagrees, and honestly this like many comments here seem to have an anti-corporate agenda behind them that is truly irrelevant to the f