> The most people seem to be able to do is to cargo cult / parrot, misunderstand, and misappropriate quips like “security by obscurity bad!"
That is the point. It is a good rule of thumb for people who don't know much about security. Anything they create trying to add more security to their system is more likely to do the opposite.
If you think you know better, feel free to ignore it. Just be aware you wouldn't be the first who thought they knew what they were doing or even the first who did know, yet still messed up.
That is the point. It is a good rule of thumb for people who don't know much about security. Anything they create trying to add more security to their system is more likely to do the opposite.
If you think you know better, feel free to ignore it. Just be aware you wouldn't be the first who thought they knew what they were doing or even the first who did know, yet still messed up.