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If software is released for a sub-system that enemies don't know exists, or for a senior system that makes calls to that sub-system, damaging information is bei
by beerandt 5y ago
If software is released for a sub-system that enemies don't know exists, or for a senior system that makes calls to that sub-system, damaging information is being revealed right there.
Even just exposing data structures will reveal capabilities by virtue of the data created by them.
If an fighter pilot's battlefield/ situational awareness software makes calls to 4 known methods of battlefield communication, and also to an additional unknown one, then that reveals info, even without knowing anything else about it.
Maybe you're intending that all of these types of inquiries, or data sharing capabilities be redacted or sanitized somehow, but that seems like a huge undertaking in itself, especially if you expect a working product.
And then what would that resulting skeleton product's remaining value be, for the extra effort put into releasing it?
Besides potentially helping other countries close the capability gap.