Exactly. Using base64 as an obfuscation tool, or (shudder) encryption is seriously misusing it for what it was originally intended for. If that's what you need

Exactly. Using base64 as an obfuscation tool, or (shudder) encryption is seriously misusing it for what it was originally intended for. If that's what you need to do then avoid using base64 in favor for something that was designed to do that.