You say the intent is different but don’t show why. What about obfuscation implies malicious intent? How come it doesn’t apply to encryption?
It can’t be about applications, because I can come up with a thousand applications for obfuscation with benign intent. Such as delegating private computation to AWS without Amazon learning my personal information.
Intent matters.
> Why encrypt your messages, unless you're sending something sketchy?
Because I am sending something private, I can't believe people bring this dumbass argument still, and even here.
> Why obfuscate programs, unless you're hiding something?
Why indeed. This one is the red flag, not message in your e-mail client being encrypted. Again. Intent, and context, matters.