Security Through Obscurity

Another example of why security through obscurity does not work. Radio systems used by police and military outside the US have vulnerabilities that have existed since the 1990s.

The system is also used within “pipelines, railways, the electric grid, mass transit, and freight trains” in many countries, including the U.S.

Do you agree that security through obscurity is not effective?

Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor