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Comment by comeonseriously

4 years ago

> I am willing to bet part of the issue is the targeting for this app.

Then why can't Apple just fucking say that? Why all the stupid drama?

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tptacek  4 years ago

Likely for the same reason that not every rule about combating spam and promotion on HN is public: because if you document them all, you're providing a blueprint to bad actors for how to get around the rules.

  • datavirtue  4 years ago

    Integrity by obscurity?

    • tptacek  4 years ago

      If you find that concept jarring, I think you'd be surprised by how much of security, compliance, privacy, and anti-spam is facilitated in part by obscurity. These tasks are about imposing costs --- ideally untenable costs --- on bad actors; obscurity has a cost as well.

      There are times when obscurity isn't OK (notably, when it prevents other good actors from verifying the security of a piece of software), but this isn't one of those times.