I have an application that allows the user to take a photo and it saves immediately, however they are currently stored in the application documents directory which is accessible through programs like iFunBox. Here is how I save the images.
var imageName = "SomeGeneratedImageName.jpeg"
let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true) as NSArray
let documentsDirectory = paths.objectAtIndex(0) as NSString
let path = documentsDirectory.stringByAppendingPathComponent(imageName)
var data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1)
data.writeToFile(path, atomically: true)
Where do I save images so the user cannot access them even through programs such as iFunBox?
UPDATE - Answer Used
Based of of zaph's answer i encrypted the pictures before saving and when reading, using RNEncrytor Here is my save function:
var imageName = "someImageName.jpeg"
let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true) as NSArray
let documentsDirectory = paths.objectAtIndex(0) as NSString
let path = documentsDirectory.stringByAppendingPathComponent(imageName)
var data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1) //change 1 for compression
let encryptedData = RNEncryptor.faireseEncryptData(data, password: "password", error: nil)
encryptedData.writeToFile(path, atomically: true)
and
var imageName = "thatSameImageName.jpeg"
let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true) as NSArray
let documentsDirectory = paths.objectAtIndex(0) as NSString
let path = documentsDirectory.stringByAppendingPathComponent(imageName)
var decryptedImg = RNDecryptor.faireseDecryptData(NSData(contentsOfFile: path), password: "theSamePass", error: nil)
if(decryptedImg != nil) {
//alert
var image: UIImage? = UIImage(data: decryptedImg)
}
also to get this to work in swift there was some issue with the AES256 so i added some classes to the RNEncryptor.h
, RNEncryptor.m
, RNDecryptor.h
, and the RNDecryptor.m
//To RNEncrpytor.h
+ (NSData *)faireseEncryptData:(NSData *)data password:(NSString *)password error:(NSError **)error;
.
//To RNEncryptor.m
+ (NSData *)faireseEncryptData:(NSData *)data password:(NSString *)password error:(NSError **)error {
return [RNEncryptor encryptData:data withSettings:kRNCryptorAES256Settings password:password error:error]; }
.
//To RNDecryptor.h
+ (NSData *)faireseDecryptData:(NSData *)data password:(NSString *)password error:(NSError **)error;
.
//TO RNDecryptor.m
+ (NSData *)faireseDecryptData:(NSData *)data password:(NSString *)password error:(NSError **)error {
return [RNDecryptor decryptData:data withSettings:kRNCryptorAES256Settings password:password error:error]; }
Save with writeToFile:options:error:
with a NSDataWritingOptions
of NSDataWritingFileProtectionComplete
or explicitly encrypt and decrypt as needed saving the password in the Keychain, see RNCryptor for a good encryption routine.
Generally saving large data items in a database is not a good solution.