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Variable Obfuscation

A variable obfuscation modifies only local variables in source code. This provides improved security, is seamless to the developer and does not generate additional overhead. In addition, all obfuscated files are also encoded automatically.

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The combination of Encoding, and obfuscating local variables, ensures that even if a third party does manage to decode the encoded files, they are prevented from exploiting the code.