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iosmobileencryptionplistobfuscation
madrick
madrick

Reputation: 221

Plist and Mobile Provisioning File Encryption

I'm a mobile developer and currently I'm developing an ios app using ionic and angular. Right now I need to obfuscate/encrypt the plist and mobile provisioning files. Is that possible? I don't want anyone to reverse engineer my app and see or use those files.

Thanks,

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1122

Answers (1)

zaph
zaph

Reputation: 112855

First evaluate the level of security you need.

Obfuscating is very weak but might meet your needs.

Standard file used by Apple such as Info.plist can not be encrypted by the developer. Any plist files you create can be encrypted.

Easiest and secure solution for encryption data is to use RNCryptor.

But note that the encryption key will be the weak point and embedding it in the app is not very secure. That said this is about the best you can do protecting an app's data from a user on their device.

Also note that you will have to apply to the U.S. government for an exception, no real problem, just an extra hassle.

Upvotes: 2

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