title: What is the security of javascript minification
body: <p>So for a long time now I have been under the assumption that, while it does performance gains, one of the primary reasons we minify javascript/css is to give a modicum of obfuscation to it so that it is harder to reverse engineer.</p>
  
  <p>However a friend of mine just showed me how it is not only possible; but extremely simple to just reverse minification on minified javascript and css.</p>
  
  <p>So my question is - other than performance gains, what is the point? Is there any other actual way to protect javascript from being simply stolen right from your site?</p>