{"id":440,"date":"2017-12-12T08:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/?p=440"},"modified":"2017-12-13T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:20:57","slug":"most-of-the-apps-on-my-phone-arent-obfuscated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Most of the apps on my phone aren\u2019t obfuscated"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think it\u2019s important for any app that deals with sensitive user data to incorporate code obfuscation into their security. \u00a0While far from impenetrable, it\u2019s a useful layer in thwarting reverse-engineers from understanding your app and using that knowledge against you. \u00a0If you\u2019ve wondered why I seem to be on a code obfuscation kick recently, it\u2019s because I\u2019ve noticed, anecdotally, that a lot of apps I expected to be using obfuscation, weren\u2019t. \u00a0So I set out to see if I could do some research and turn that anecdote into data.<\/span><\/p>\n

I took all of the apps I have on my phone right now, and calculated how well the code was obfuscated (see methodology notes at the end of the post if you\u2019re curious). \u00a0Here are the points that jumped out at me:<\/span><\/p>\n

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