While true that it is easier for malicious actors to find this kind of thing with a tool that goes DONG! after a quick scan, its not as if the previous security

While true that it is easier for malicious actors to find this kind of thing with a tool that goes DONG! after a quick scan, its not as if the previous security through obscurity of "key hidden in megs or gigs of crashdump" was much of a blocker for a suitably motivated adversary.