Even without the internet, if an idea exists then knowledge of it will spread unless it's kept a strict secret. Further, protecting a system by promoting ignor

Even without the internet, if an idea exists then knowledge of it will spread unless it's kept a strict secret. Further, protecting a system by promoting ignorance of said system protects neither the system nor the people it's designed to serve. Rather it endangers everyone who is beholden to it as the system goes further and further off the rails to justify increasingly erratic behavior. Classic spirit of the law vs. letter of the law debate.