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> No. Most obfuscation is done to increase the time needed to reverse the source of publicly available programs. So to stop the intended recipient from deciphe
by Xelynega 3y ago
> No. Most obfuscation is done to increase the time needed to reverse the source of publicly available programs.
So to stop the intended recipient from deciphering the program.
"Adversaries" are the strawman used to hurt legitimate customers who are left with black boxes for device drivers and no functioning hardware since the manufacturers make it impossible to open source firmware updates.
- ilyt 3y agoIn case of DRM sure, but there are cases like online games where "adversaries" are players (intended users of the app) trying to use cheat programs on game binary to get an advantage over other players. I share the sentiment that in most cases it just serves DRM vendors and is disservice to users but that's not all the cases.