> because it made it cumbersome for someone to access the codes without understanding the encryption method. I disagree. This is security through obscurity. Yo

> because it made it cumbersome for someone to access the codes without understanding the encryption method. I disagree. This is security through obscurity. You are simply transforming data, byte-by-byte without any key. This is encoding data using an isomorphic function. By you definition, GZIP is encryption.