Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is almost ...

Java famously runs on billions of devices, including workstations, desktops, tablets, supercomputers, and jewelry. Yes, jewelry. Look it up. [Michael] realized Java doesn’t run on Commodore 64s, ...

Nobody was ever fired for writing insecure code. My slightly reworked version of the popular adage, “Nobody was ever fired for buying IBM,” while not exactly true is accurate enough to be alarming.

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A Java system is complicated, expensive and difficult to modify for portable connected devices because it is software-centric. It's not easy to design hardware technology to execute in a Java ...