OK, I'll try. :-)

Are there good reasons to believe that obscurity (ie, keeping secret the means and methods of attack) is likely to be a viable defense in favor of civility and justice in the age to come?

No. Does the parent comment imply that somehow? (Did the reply end up on the wrong comment?)

Oh my goodness. Yes. :-)

I meant to reply to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14660862

Sorry about the confusion.