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obfuscation

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The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

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The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really is. Uncertainty is no virtue when the facts are clear, and ambiguity is mere obfuscation when more precise terms are applicable. Julian Baggini

I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation. Jeff Weiner

A main advantage of automated code obfuscation is that it helps protect the trade secrets (intellectual property) contained within software by making reverse-engineering a program difficult and economically unfeasible. Source: Internet

Another option would be for a U.S. company or citizens, individually or as part of a class, to file a lawsuit against China and officials in its Politburo, alleging willful and wanton malfeasance and obfuscation by the Chinese government. Source: Internet

Automatically injects thousands of combinations of URLs, parameters, obfuscation techniques, and OWASP threats, stress testing every user input of the HTTP packet. Source: Internet

As others have pointed out above, the bureaucratic opacity in a language culturally attuned to obfuscation and imprecision and documentation in a script virtually unknown out side the islands are alone sufficient reason not to risk the investment. Source: Internet

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