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I don't believe gp was talking about security by obscurity[1] and it would be wrong to frame it that way.

Instead, it's ranking and weighting by obscurity and it's a valid position to prevent gaming by bad actors. Statistical weighting is not the same topic as security such as closed-source cryptography.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity



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