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ELI5: What kind of security mechanisms do software companies use to ensure that the source code of their products will be practically impossible to discover? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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Exemple: How does Apple guarantee that the iOS source code will not be discovered by an adversary?

Is there any type of different encryption for this case?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

The source code isn't raw on the device in its normal human editable format. It's compiled from easy to read code into binary machine code, it generally can't be easily decompiled.