/bin read bits

[Pete Gregory]

Is there any good reason why UNIX systems are shipped with the read bit set
for 'other' in /bin and /usr/bin binaries?

We'd like to turn the read bits off for all but user and group.

I'm aware that shell scripts are exempt from this possibility (right?),
because sh needs to be able to read the file.

Ignorant minds want to know...
 
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