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by ameliaquining 1230 days ago
Most of that information is readily available on the corporate intranet without having to dig through source code.

Security-by-obscurity isn't something to rely on (again, except in the case of things like abuse detection where there's no alternative).

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You aren't necessarily looking for things that would be defined as security by obscurity. You're looking for bugs with a security implication. With the source code, you can look for these bugs without arousing suspicion.