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It offers no real protection against anyone who cares.

And it obstructs people who are going out of their way to improve their usage of your site. It's a pity we only see the risk in that, that the miserly antagonistic corporate dominion attitude rules, that is afraid, that quakes at users doing things not on the l blessed path.

This attitude you've very well spoken for bespeaks a great rot & sadness in the world, one that developers should actively try to work against as much as they can.