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clean up secret key docs

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consistent key across docs and examples
consistent key across tests, set in conftest
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Sessions
--------
If you have the :attr:`Flask.secret_key` set you can use sessions in Flask
applications. A session basically makes it possible to remember
information from one request to another. The way Flask does this is by
using a signed cookie. So the user can look at the session contents, but
not modify it unless they know the secret key, so make sure to set that
to something complex and unguessable.
If you have set :attr:`Flask.secret_key` (or configured it from
:data:`SECRET_KEY`) you can use sessions in Flask applications. A session makes
it possible to remember information from one request to another. The way Flask
does this is by using a signed cookie. The user can look at the session
contents, but can't modify it unless they know the secret key, so make sure to
set that to something complex and unguessable.
To access the current session you can use the :class:`session` object: