Best practice questions regarding wp-content

As I’m using iThemes Security to rename my wp-content folder, it occurred to me to use the .htaccess file to return a 403 for any external attempts to access it – especially as I see a lot of them in the 404 log.

For me the main benefit is that it makes the 404 log more useful – showing me things that possibly should be there, or are more serious threats (like if someone figured out what I had renamed my wp-content folder).

Is there any other, more security-related, practical benefit to this – or any downside?

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