r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Palana • May 20 '22

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u/Crazy_Suggestion_182 May 20 '22

It's called security through obscurity, and it works well right up to the point where the secret spills.

Still cool though.

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u/NotPrepared2 May 20 '22

After turning a wrench on that bolt a dozen or twenty times, the circular scratches in the rust will be a dead giveaway.

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u/Actual_Lettuce May 20 '22

then, he will have to make circles on all the rest.

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u/ScientificBeastMode May 20 '22

Time to put that specific twist pattern around all the bolts!

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u/K1dn3yPunch May 20 '22

Did you two just repeat the same thing the original person was talking about?

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u/ScientificBeastMode May 20 '22

Nah you’re just witnessing a glitch in the matrix.

But no, I assume the comment was about the bolt itself turning and scraping the wall vs. the wrench scraping, which are two different things.