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Select: false vs. toJSON transform: Which Safeguards Sensitive Fields in Mongoose APIs?

Preventing Accidental Public Exposure When exposing Mongoose documents through a Node.js API, a primary goal is to keep sensitive fields—such as passwords—out of the response payload. The challenge lies in choosing a strategy that consistently hides these fields across all query patterns, including standard find, aggregation pipelines, and lean queries. Docu

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