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I'd argue that privacy and security are unavoidably related. Is keeping your password secret about privacy, security, or "security through obscurity"? Depends which term you want to use :-)

IMO the concept of "security by obscurity" is overused. Ultimately what matters is the cost for an attacker. If you're trying to design a secure system, your system will be stronger if you put it out there for people to criticize instead of keeping the details secret. This argument doesn't really apply to encrypting the packages you use. Security solely through obscurity isn't ideal, but what really matters is the cost/benefit ratio. It's way easier to encrypt your package downloads than it is to read all the source code changes on every package update. (Does anyone even do that?)

I agree with this article: https://danielmiessler.com/p/security-by-obscurity/

[groestl]

I'd even argue that security is a general concept, and for communication, includes the concepts of confidentiality (privacy), authenticity, and integrity.