> in fact one could argue that, the higher the quantity of memory chunks is, the harder it is to correctly decrypt the original private key; although to me this

> in fact one could argue that, the higher the quantity of memory chunks is, the harder it is to correctly decrypt the original private key; although to me this has the security through obscurity smell I am not sure this is a bad place for security through obscurity. ASLR is similar. The thing is, here we are not using this is a primary mechanism. (that would be preventing RCE) Instead, this would be a secondary 'defense in depth' measure meant to make it harder to deploy an exploit after you have been compromised. For such a second layer of defense in depth, obscurity is a decent option. Things go wrong if you start relying on your obscurity to do anything but slow down an attacker.