Security through obscurity is a concept in cybersecurity and information security that involves hiding the details of a system, design, or implementation to protect it from unauthorized access or exploitation. The underlying idea is that if the inner workings of a system are not known to potential attackers, it becomes more difficult for them to exploit vulnerabilities or weaknesses.
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Do as I say, not as I do: Ciro Santilli's Stack Overflow suspension for vote fraud script 2019, meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/381577/is-it-ok-to-have-links-on-how-to-create-sock-puppets-and-gain-rep-fraudulently-i/381635#381635.
LockPickingLawyer SAINTCON keynote (2021)
Source. SAINTCON is "Utah's Premiere Security Conference".- youtu.be/IH0GXWQDk0Q?t=900 mentions that Alfred Charles Hobbs commented in 1853:
Rogues are very keen in their profession, and know already much more than we can teach them