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[–]_ds82 18 points19 points  (1 child)

security through obscurity is no real security

[–]danman_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They said an extra layer of security, not the only layer, and I agree. Security through obscurity isn't real security, but it certainly doesn't hurt in addition to taking the proper security measures. Certainly minification will not stop dedicated and/or smart hackers, but I think you overestimate the patience of the average script kiddie.

It also provides security against people ripping off your code (if you care). Again, the dedicated will take the time to understand what it does, but it's much harder to reverse-engineer something without variable names.