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Sounds something akin to "security through obscurity." The perceived advantages of proprietary secret security measures are often dwarfed by the benefits of ope
by dougabug 12y ago
Sounds something akin to "security through obscurity." The perceived advantages of proprietary secret security measures are often dwarfed by the benefits of opening up a system to careful scrutiny.
- pilsetnieks 12y agoIt depends. Complexity and relatively low interest in a project may mean that only a few truly motivated individuals would even look at the code - and in this case the people most motivated are those who want to abuse the system.
- danielweber 12y agoKnowing that "security through obscurity" is a bad thing is a fine heuristic, especially for beginners. Thinking "security through obscurity" is automatically and always bad is incorrect. The people running this detection software don't do it to satisfy your intellectual curiosity. They do it because they are attempting to prevent attacks on their systems.