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If you're trying to "hide" something on the web, there's 401 Unauthorized and 404 Not found. If you cannot acknowledge the existence of a resource, either of these status codes would be fine. If, however, you feel the need to correctly communicate that a resource is legally unavailable (whether or not it exists), then 451 is an alternative.

But, no one ever said status codes had to tell the truth.



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