On Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Adam Trickett wrote:
> The problem with security through obscurity is that you think it adds
> security, but in fact it adds little or nothing. Recently it has come to
> light that the KGB had better maps of the UK than our own Ordnance Survey
> had. OS maps of the UK maps excluded sensitive locations, they just weren't
> there. People thought we were secure, in fact the KGB had all the locations
> accurately marked on their maps - in fact their maps were quite superior to
> our own in many ways.
Of course the Soviets tried the same thing with their maps, though I
don't know with what success. I do know that they excluded not just
"security related" locations, but also anywhere they didn't much want
tourists to go, like run-down areas ghettos.
It doesn't take long to prove that maps like that are useless and wrong.
G.
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