obfuscation
obfuscation — 名詞
- obfuscationsingular
- obfuscationsplural
1. the practice of deliberately making language, information, or meaning difficult
模糊化；混淆
故意讓語言或訊息難以理解
the practice of deliberately making language, information, or meaning difficult to understand, so that the real message or intention stays hidden
The lawyer's obfuscation of the contract terms left Chiara unsure what she was signing.
律師對合約條款的模糊處理讓 Chiara 搞不清楚自己到底在簽什麼。
pattern: obfuscation + of + [thing made unclear]
Mira grew frustrated with the company's obfuscation about where her personal data was stored.
公司對 Mira 個資儲存地點的說法含糊不清，讓她愈來愈沮喪。
pattern: obfuscation + about + [topic]
The committee report was a masterpiece of obfuscation — nobody could tell what it actually recommended.
委員會的報告堪稱模糊化的極致——沒人能看出它到底建議了什麼。
Hyun accused the minister of deliberate obfuscation after three straight questions went unanswered.
連續三個問題都被迴避後，Hyun 指控部長刻意混淆視聽。
What sounded like expert analysis was really just obfuscation dressed up in long words.
聽起來像專家分析，其實只是用長串字詞包裝的模糊言詞。
- confusion
can be accidental; obfuscation is nearly always deliberate
- obscurity
describes a state of being unclear, not the act of making something unclear
- evasiveness
specifically about avoiding direct answers, while obfuscation is broader
- clarity
the quality of being easy to understand
- transparency
openness and honesty — the opposite of deliberate hiding
文法句型
obfuscation of [something]
obfuscation about [something]
deliberate obfuscation
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (CONFUSING SEARCH ENGINES) and sense 3 (HIDING COMPUTER CODE) — this is the general meaning, used whenever someone makes language or meaning unclear on purpose.
常見錯誤
2. a method of protecting online privacy by flooding the internet with false or mis
資料混淆
用假資料干擾搜尋引擎以保護隱私
a method of protecting online privacy by flooding the internet with false or misleading data, so that search engines cannot build an accurate profile of who you are
Henry installed a browser extension that uses obfuscation to stop advertisers from tracking his search history.
Henry 安裝了一款利用資料混淆來阻止廣告商追蹤他搜尋紀錄的瀏覽器擴充功能。
obfuscation as a privacy-protection technique
The app's obfuscation feature fills your search log with random queries to confuse profiling algorithms.
這款 App 的混淆功能會在搜尋紀錄中塞滿隨機查詢，擾亂分析演算法。
Hoa explained that data obfuscation works by hiding real activity inside a cloud of fake clicks.
Hoa 解釋說，資料混淆的運作方式是將真實活動隱藏在大量假點擊之中。
Without search-engine obfuscation, every website you visit becomes part of your permanent digital record.
少了搜尋引擎混淆，你造訪過的每個網站都會成為永久數位紀錄的一部分。
Defne used obfuscation software to hide her browsing habits from her internet provider.
Defne 用混淆軟體向她的網路供應商隱藏自己的瀏覽習慣。
- data masking
a related technique that hides specific data fields rather than flooding the network with false information
文法句型
data obfuscation
obfuscation of [data/activity]
obfuscation layer
用法筆記
Specific to online privacy and data protection. The subject is usually a piece of software, a browser extension, or a privacy technique.
常見錯誤
3. the technique of rewriting computer code so that it still works but is nearly im
程式碼混淆
將程式碼改寫成難以閱讀的形式
the technique of rewriting computer code so that it still works but is nearly impossible for a human to read, used to protect software from being copied or understood
The company ran every software update through an obfuscation program before sending it to customers.
公司將每次軟體更新都先經過混淆程式處理，才發送給客戶。
collocation: obfuscation program
João spent the afternoon reversing the obfuscation on a suspicious file he had downloaded.
João 花了一整個下午，將他下載的可疑檔案進行反混淆處理。
collocation: reversing + obfuscation
After obfuscation, the function that checked passwords became a single line of unreadable symbols.
經過混淆後，原本檢查密碼的函式變成了一行無法辨讀的符號。
Devika's team used obfuscation to protect their game engine from being copied by rival studios.
Devika 的團隊用程式碼混淆來保護他們的遊戲引擎，防止被競爭工作室複製。
The malware hid from antivirus scans by wrapping its commands in layer after layer of obfuscation.
這款惡意軟體將指令包裹在一層又一層的混淆之中，藉此躲避防毒掃描。
- minification
reduces code size for faster loading — minification is easily reversible, while obfuscation is designed to be hard to reverse
文法句型
code obfuscation
obfuscation of [code/software]
obfuscation program
用法筆記
Specific to computer programming. The subject is typically a developer, a software company, or a programming tool. Obfuscation hides logic; it does not make code run faster.