Code obfuscation doesn't work in the age of LLMs

serg | Aug. 29, 2025, 4:22 a.m.

Previously, code obfuscation provided at least some semblance of protection against tampering with program code. Now you don’t even need to write a deobfuscator. You can simply feed the obfuscated code into an LLM and get back ready-to-use code for review and modification.