Definitions

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  • noun Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
  • noun computing A software program that modifies another program to make it harder to decompile or reverse-engineer.

Etymologies

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to obfuscate + -or

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Examples

  • My vacuum cleaner hose doubles as a microphone and a more melodic password obfuscator has rarely been heard!

    Love and fear on the internet (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • My vacuum cleaner hose doubles as a microphone and a more melodic password obfuscator has rarely been heard!

    Jack Bog's Blog: July 2009 Archives 2009

  • The output of the obfuscator is another set of assemblies, functionally equivalent to the input assemblies, yet transformed in ways that hinder reverse engineering.

    MSDN Magazine: RSS Feed 2009

  • As I'm sure you know this, given the fact that you explicitly use the word "obfuscator", but manipulation of client-side code provides no real security value beyond prevention of casual theft and reuse of code.

    The Web Security Mailing List (WASC) 2009

  • As I'm sure you know this, given the fact that you explicitly use the word "obfuscator", but manipulation of client-side code provides no real security value beyond prevention of casual theft and reuse of code.

    The Web Security Mailing List (WASC) 2009

  • He charged that the majority had left the court's Confrontation Clause jurisprudence "in shambles" and that instead of clarifying the law, the court "makes itself the obfuscator of last resort."

    Court: Victim's dying words may be used at trial 2011

  • Mr. Obtuse, the obfuscator, or the guy with the grin is getting tiresome beyond belief!

    Obama main attraction at party fundraisers 2010

  • That Friedman is a skilled obfuscator should no longer come as a revelation.

    Robert Scheer: On to the Next 'Bubble Fantasy' Robert Scheer 2011

  • That Friedman is a skilled obfuscator should no longer come as a revelation.

    Robert Scheer: On to the Next 'Bubble Fantasy' Robert Scheer 2011

  • You will actually experience buttly motion in the mere amount of time it takes for light to bounce off your mooncakes, producing an incoherent image in which rearmost portions might appear closer - itself an effective caboose obfuscator.

    Too Fast to be Fat 2010

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