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		pamcake 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Security through obscurity is not bad Obscurity isn't security but it can support security. Until it doesn't.

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hackeraccount 4 days ago [–]

I think I got the difference in my head. How about this:

Obscurity is decreasingly effective as more people use it. Security is more effective as more people use it.

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