Is Your Database Really Secure?

Despite the fact that you’ve used the encryption option on your SQL Compact database, if you don’t hide the password, it’s really easy to figure it out. I suggest you (at least) use an obfuscator or better yet, your own (private) technique to hide the value. Consider that there are ways to “reflect” the underlying source of .NET programs because they are stored as CLR intermediate language on your client’s system.