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Reputation: 91

Decrypting .plist file that was encrypted on device?

I am trying to diagnose a problem with an unsupported app. This app has encrypted it's .plist file (which hopefully contains the information that I need.) I have the file system of the device backed up and accessible but have not been able to gain access to this specific applications files. Does anyone have any tips on how I can try to go about this?

(Just to be clear, I do understand the difference between a binary and an xml .plist file. I suspect that this is a binary file that has been encrypted.)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1209

Answers (1)

Holly
Holly

Reputation: 5300

If the file is truly encrypted, you will not decrypt is without finding the key.

Going off the assumption that the file is not actually encrypted, you should try to find what format and encoding it is. Do a hex dump of the file and look at the first few characters. Many file tropes have specific signatures there to identify their format and encoding.

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