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Yeah I use the Xbox edge browser sometimes, even popups break because they’re like wtf is this.

He's describing a chromium fork not a full on vibe coded browser.

That doesn't protect you from browsing banking sites and your potential crypto wallets.

In a way, cryptography is the ultimate security through obscurity.

Well-designed cryptographic systems are designed so that you can understand everything about the system and still not get inside.

It's pretty much the exact opposite of security through obscurity.

I think they meant it in a tongue-in-cheek way, as in: my private key is "obscure"?

Only if you're limited to knowing exactly how the actual cryptography works. If you understand exactly how the key derivation works, and know how that is seeded, then you can very much get inside.