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I think closure compiler's 'obfuscation' is an incidental part of its minification passes.

• raspasov 5y ago
  Got it. Thank you. I've been using the Google Closure compiler for many years with advanced and every time I look at the code output I'm like "there's no way in a 100 years I would be able to de-obfuscate back to my own code to a great extent". But I don't specialize in reverse engineering, so I might be missing something big.
  • stjohnswarts 5y ago
    Expecting obfuscation to increase security is a fool's errand. However expecting it to cut down on re-use of your code then it will no doubt work.
  • zemnmez 5y ago
    personally, I find the code it outputs to be easier to understand often than the source because it simplifies a lot of stuff into the most abstract logic. I think it takes some getting used to for your brain to connect those pieces, though
    • raspasov 5y ago
      Fair enough, thank you. I guess ultra-shortening the names into a,b,c,d,e, etc makes it superficially hard to understand what's going on but I agree on your point about abstract logic.