The shared secret can be used for authentication ( for instance when logging into a remote system ) using methods such as MACing of messages.
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In October 2014, a video emerged of a Bridgeton police officer spraying a handcuffed suspect with what appears to be pepper spray, with the suspect questioning why the " macing " was being used against him.
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Steffens notes at the end of this article that the city s new mayor, John Weaver, appears to be a good mayor : he had killed " macing " bills in the state legislature that would have allowed machine-connected companies to buy control of city water and power services.