This discussion is now archived. No new comments can be posted. I thought the article was a little flimsy really, but my attention was more focussed on the litle applet to the right. All in all it wasn't a bad article. BB is making that both open and closed source have its place.
Security actually DOES work through obscurity.
Security through obscurity can be used to supplement other security methods, but by itself it does not make things secure. OTOH, STO can be used on top of other methods. But it really shouldn't, since peer review is an excellent way to find things that weaken your security method which you might have missed. If STO is a significant part of your security, than it's a significant part of something that's non-existant but for the temporary ignorance of others. So I took a look at the source.