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Re:Security by obscurity is underrated by dastx on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:09PM (#24446809)
Sure, security by obscurity slows down bad actors, but in reality it's not by a significant amount. Often the obscurity that you add aren't even where they're looking. You have to go through a certain level of effort to add it the obscurity. That effort is not enough to warrant the insignificant slowdown of the bad actor. You're better off using that effort to improve your real security in other areas. In addition, you're adding complexity that you have to maintain.

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