Hay gente que cree que es suficiente con ofuscar algo para que otros no puedan acceder a la información (de hecho, creen que sus métodos de ofuscación son realmente métodos de cifrado). En Nuclear sub secrets revealed by mod ‘schoolboy error’ nos cuentan un caso de estos:
But in what was described as “a schoolboy error” the technique used by MoD staff to censor the document was easy to reverse. The bunglers turned the text background black – making the words unreadable – but crucially left them in place. That meant anyone wanting to read the censored sections just had to copy the text.
