Simple answer: no. If your application can still read the strings, so can a clever person, if by nothing else than sitting and patiently emulating a CPU with a piece of paper and a pencil.
In order to actually secure something *you, or your recipient* have to be involved in decrypting it, by knowing something secret (the key). Bob On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Mr. Gecko <grmrge...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible for me to encrypt the strings in my binary so hackers can't > easily figure out what my application has in it? Reason I'm asking is I have > some private keys that encodes data that I/parents don't want kids or > teenagers to find. > > Thanks, > Mr. Gecko_______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/tom.davie%40gmail.com > > This email sent to tom.da...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
