Security Through Obscurity

The concept of security through obscurity is the process of concealing security flaws (or lack of security) to act as a security measure in itself.

Security by obscurity involves taking measures that don’t remove an attack vector but instead hides it. It’s based on the idea that any person, place or thing is secure as long as security vulnerabilities remain hidden, making it less likely that they will be exploited.

Obscurity means keeping the underlying system’s security loopholes a secret to only s…