Editing Security through obscurity (section)

== Relation to Consumer Rights ==
Sometimes, companies choose to withhold details about their products in the name of "security," and in the process, consumer rights are often taken away. These decisions make diagnosing problems and repair more difficult, making consumers lose the ability to confirm that their product functions exactly as expected rather than unexpectedly and in potentially malicious ways. These decisions can take away consumer control over the product they bought after security through obscurity is implemented. Moreover, since this practice only obfuscates or attempts to conceal instead of actually implementing proper security, the workings of the device are often reverse-engineered in a short amount time.[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Reverse_Engineering_Bambu_Connect] Due to the IP protections afforded by laws like the [[DMCA]], which make sharing of reverse engineered solutions unlawful, the only real benefit to the company is removal of consumer rights.<ref>https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-we-ve-not-been-trained-for-this-life-after-the-newag-drm-disclosure</ref>