[Tutor] Encrypting shipped sqlite db in app directory

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Mar 30 03:28:37 EDT 2019


On 30/03/2019 07:22, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 29/03/2019 18:01, Ali M wrote:
>> I want to encrypt my sqlite databases which are shipped with the app in
>> it's directory, so that the user can't modify or use it elsewhere, and they
>> will only be accessible for the app to read from, how can i do that?

> You should also consider things like file ownership and
> user accounts for your app, complete with separate
> logins etc. 

I meant to add that you could incorporate a checksum too
so that you can detect if anyone has tampered with the
file.

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