On 2017-12-20, Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote: > > On 21/12/17 02:02, Curt wrote: >> Also, I'm uncertain whether suppression of the asterisk-echo qualifies >> as "security by obscurity" > > I think most people accept that obscurity is quite reasonable for > passwords ... > > Richard >
Wonderful, Dick, however, I was referring to the specific expression "security by (or through) obscurity," which denotes something else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity -- "An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats." — George Orwell