Hide the code from prying eyes

[gerry]

Hello!

The fact is that I'm not working at the computer alone, is it possible to somehow confuse the source code so that no one understands what it does?

Example:

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Sub Example()
Print "Hello World!"
End Sub

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Let's change "Sub" to "Hide" and process as

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Hide Example()
Print "Hello World!"
End Hide

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Confuse strings and so on

[marcov]

No, if you have the source it must be quite complex before you can't figure it out without single stepping through it, so usually that is a waste of time.

Most code obfuscation ways counter extracting sources from e.g. C# or Java programs where due to introspection there is a lot of identifiers in the binary.

[gerry]

No, if you have the source it must be quite complex before you can't figure it out without single stepping through it, so usually that is a waste of time.

Most code obfuscation ways counter extracting sources from e.g. C# or Java programs where due to introspection there is a lot of identifiers in the binary.

Thanks

[deltarho[1859]]

@gerry

Assuming that you are handing the machine over to someone else, why not simply encrypt the source code and then delete the plaintext.

When you come back to the machine, decrypt the ciphertext.

Or am I missing something?

[bfuller]

Only put the source on a thumb drive and keep it in your pocket?