Security through obscurity

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Security through obscurity

Quality:

Security through obscurity - secrecy of the design or implementation as the main method of providing security. Article "Security through obscurity" in English Wikipedia has 29.2 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 16 references and 6 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In July 2024 the article "Security through obscurity" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Security through obscurity", its content was written by 231 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 534 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 80 times in English Wikipedia and cited 327 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #966 in August 2002
  • Global: #1955 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #62094 in February 2010
  • Global: #75930 in October 2010

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Security through obscurity
29.2484
2Norwegian (no)
Sikkerhet gjennom uklarhet
26.8388
3Chinese (zh)
隱晦式安全
26.3227
4Greek (el)
Ασφάλεια μέσω αφάνειας
25.5988
5Ukrainian (uk)
Безпека через неясність
22.8388
6German (de)
Security through obscurity
19.8755
7Russian (ru)
Безопасность через неясность
18.6143
8Catalan (ca)
Seguretat per la foscor
18.4369
9Polish (pl)
Security through obscurity
17.7845
10French (fr)
Sécurité par l'obscurité
12.7617
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Security through obscurity" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Security through obscurity
1 579 059
2German (de)
Security through obscurity
280 926
3Russian (ru)
Безопасность через неясность
133 651
4Spanish (es)
Seguridad por oscuridad
107 862
5French (fr)
Sécurité par l'obscurité
104 485
6Polish (pl)
Security through obscurity
50 466
7Italian (it)
Sicurezza tramite segretezza
31 626
8Dutch (nl)
Security through obscurity
28 418
9Czech (cs)
Security through obscurity
21 027
10Portuguese (pt)
Segurança por obscurantismo
10 798
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Security through obscurity" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Security through obscurity
6 829
2German (de)
Security through obscurity
1 122
3Russian (ru)
Безопасность через неясность
515
4Polish (pl)
Security through obscurity
264
5Spanish (es)
Seguridad por oscuridad
237
6French (fr)
Sécurité par l'obscurité
209
7Chinese (zh)
隱晦式安全
121
8Italian (it)
Sicurezza tramite segretezza
79
9Portuguese (pt)
Segurança por obscurantismo
66
10Czech (cs)
Security through obscurity
58
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Security through obscurity" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Security through obscurity
231
2German (de)
Security through obscurity
97
3French (fr)
Sécurité par l'obscurité
48
4Italian (it)
Sicurezza tramite segretezza
36
5Spanish (es)
Seguridad por oscuridad
21
6Russian (ru)
Безопасность через неясность
20
7Dutch (nl)
Security through obscurity
17
8Polish (pl)
Security through obscurity
15
9Czech (cs)
Security through obscurity
13
10Hebrew (he)
אבטחה באמצעות עמימות
10
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in July 2024

Language versions of the article "Security through obscurity" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Security through obscurity
1
2Italian (it)
Sicurezza tramite segretezza
1
3Arabic (ar)
الأمن من خلال الغموض
0
4Catalan (ca)
Seguretat per la foscor
0
5Czech (cs)
Security through obscurity
0
6German (de)
Security through obscurity
0
7Greek (el)
Ασφάλεια μέσω αφάνειας
0
8Spanish (es)
Seguridad por oscuridad
0
9French (fr)
Sécurité par l'obscurité
0
10Hebrew (he)
אבטחה באמצעות עמימות
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Security through obscurity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Sécurité par l'obscurité
96
2English (en)
Security through obscurity
80
3German (de)
Security through obscurity
31
4Spanish (es)
Seguridad por oscuridad
22
5Czech (cs)
Security through obscurity
15
6Russian (ru)
Безопасность через неясность
15
7Italian (it)
Sicurezza tramite segretezza
13
8Arabic (ar)
الأمن من خلال الغموض
11
9Polish (pl)
Security through obscurity
8
10Ukrainian (uk)
Безпека через неясність
7
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الأمن من خلال الغموض
caCatalan
Seguretat per la foscor
csCzech
Security through obscurity
deGerman
Security through obscurity
elGreek
Ασφάλεια μέσω αφάνειας
enEnglish
Security through obscurity
esSpanish
Seguridad por oscuridad
frFrench
Sécurité par l'obscurité
heHebrew
אבטחה באמצעות עמימות
huHungarian
Bizonytalanságon alapuló biztonság
itItalian
Sicurezza tramite segretezza
nlDutch
Security through obscurity
noNorwegian
Sikkerhet gjennom uklarhet
plPolish
Security through obscurity
ptPortuguese
Segurança por obscurantismo
ruRussian
Безопасность через неясность
ukUkrainian
Безпека через неясність
zhChinese
隱晦式安全

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#62094
02.2010
Global:
#75930
10.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#966
08.2002
Global:
#1955
12.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Security through obscurity from Wikipedia articles about Kerckhoffs’s principle, Steganography, Software obfuscation, On-board diagnostics and Telegram. Whereas reading the article about Security through obscurity people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Kerckhoffs’s principle, Secure by design, Open security, Software obfuscation and Loose lips sink ships.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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