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Security through obscurity has different merits depending on the context. In software, it is a really bad idea to hope that your code is so obscure that no att
by r3un1 8y ago
Security through obscurity has different merits depending on the context.
In software, it is a really bad idea to hope that your code is so obscure that no attacker will find a security flaw.
IRL, on the other hand, unknown positions of assets are often critical (the uncertainty whether you know about all the adversary's nuclear silos being a huge part of the nuclear deterrence policy).
There is just so much resources you can throw at discovering underground pipelines.
- MrMorden 8y agoSilos are hard to move; secret nuclear launch locations are provided by SSBNs.