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Re:Security by obscurity is underrated by Kalium on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:17PM (#24453512)
Not to be That Guy, but what I'm reading is that you have the wonderful opportunity before you to learn about VPNs until they fail in boring ways!
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Re:Security by obscurity is underrated by rsync on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:35PM (#24457459)
That's not how that works.

Simple systems tend to fail in boring ways. Complex systems tend to fail in interesting ways. Learning more about a complex system, while rewarding in many ways, will not change that identity.

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Re:Security by obscurity is underrated by Kalium on Sunday September 13, 2020 @04:44PM (#24463822)
It's been my experience that a system's complexity (basic or complex) is less an intrinsic trait and more a matter of subjective perception, familiarity, and experience. Your experience is clearly different.
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