title: What is the point of Kubernetes secrets if I can decode them?
body: <p>I can easily get the secrets stored in <code>Kubernetes</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ kubectl get secret my-app-secrets -o yaml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Select secret value from output that I want to decode. </p>
  
  <p>Example <code>ZXhwb3NlZC1wYXNzd29yZAo=</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>$ echo ZXhwb3NlZC1wYXNzd29yZAo= | base64 --decode
  &gt; exposed-password
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm not sure I understand the effectiveness of the secrets resources in <code>Kubernetes</code> ecosystem since it's easy to obtain this.</p>