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		MediumOwl on Oct 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: M4 MacBook Pro > Second, security through obscurity is almost universally discouraged and considered bad practice. This is stupid advice that is mindlessly repeated. Security by obscurity only is bad, sure. Adding obscurity to other layers of security is good. Edit: formatting

meibo on Oct 31, 2024 | [–]

No, that's just plain wrong in this case. It makes proper security research much harder and what's going on with your hardware less obvious.

nkmskdmfodf on Oct 31, 2024 | [–]

Nah, you have no idea what you're talking about.

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