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In this paper we examine an important example of where a decision designed to improve security has quite the opposite effect due to the longevity of the decision's side effects. The primary example we use to illustrate our point is the deliberate obfuscation and alteration of satellite imagery available online, in an attempt to deprive attackers of sensitive information about certain installations. We will demonstrate that such image modification techniques are short sighted and counterproductive: better security would have been provided if the concerned parties had simply done nothing. This result illustrates the importance of examining security decisions from a temporal perspective, accounting for inevitable progression of technology. Furthermore, we believe this paper illustrates an oft overlooked class of security problems that present non-reversible challenges to the defender long after the questionable security decision has been reversed.