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Intense Editorial Bias in this Article

1. The article does not say a single positive thing about security through obscurity in its entire text, only a litany of criticisms. Humorously, they felt the need to add a criticism section in an article consisting of nothing but criticism. 2. The article is focused entirely on information technology security, or, by way of analogy, locks in the history section. Security through Obscurity is a perfectly valid way to, say, position a nuclear launch site/vehicle. There is no mention whatsoever of myriad other security contexts. 3. The criticism amounts to a strawman that security through obscurity is the only method of security being used, rather than in concert with other forms of security. --166.182.84.28 (talk) 20:50, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will be correcting this. Thanks for pointing it out. skarz (talk) 04:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to everything you mentioned, there's also no actual difference between STO and the alternative. Adding more hex characters to a hash just increases its obscurity. 207.91.187.66 (talk) 18:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 --[[Special:Contributions/166.182.84.28|166.182.84.28]] ([[User talk:166.182.84.28|talk]]) 20:50, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 :I will be correcting this. Thanks for pointing it out. [[User:Skarz|skarz]] ([[User talk:Skarz|talk]]) 04:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
+:In addition to everything you mentioned, there's also no actual difference between STO and the alternative. Adding more hex characters to a hash just increases its obscurity. [[Special:Contributions/207.91.187.66|207.91.187.66]] ([[User talk:207.91.187.66|talk]]) 18:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)