Storing API keys in Android, is obfustication enough?
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I'm using the Dropbox API. In the sample app, it includes these lines:
// Replace this with your consumer key and secret assigned by Dropbox.
// Note that this is a really insecure way to do this, and you shouldn't
// ship code which contains your key & secret in such an obvious way.
// Obfuscation is good.
final static private String CONSUMER_KEY = "PUT_YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY_HERE";
final static private String CONSUMER_SECRET = "PUT_YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET_HERE";
I'm well aware of the mantra 'Secrecy is not Security', and obfuscation really only slightly increases the amount of effort required to extract the keys. I disagree with their statement 'Obfustication is good'. What should I do to protect the keys then? Is obfustication good enough, or should I consider something more elaborate?
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