What is Obfuscation?

Definition

The process of making code difficult to understand or reverse-engineer, typically by altering its structure while keeping its functionality intact.

Verimatrix deploys advanced obfuscation techniques to provide customers with shielding for apps—the type of professional-grade protection that is demanded by financial services, government, and e-commerce.

Real-World Examples

A mobile app is protected with code obfuscation, a much more advanced way to protect apps than wrappers, to make it harder for hackers to reverse engineer and steal sensitive information from the app.

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What does obfuscation in mobile apps aim to do?

Making app code difficult to understand or reverse-engineer.