title: Secure data in VB.NET?
body: <p>My VB.NET application has a very important boolean variable. I need to be able to save it "somewhere" and read it back in the future (even if the application is closed).</p>
  
  <p>Currently, I store the variable as a .bin file somewhere. But I fear that the user can simply grab the file and do some magic to edit the value.</p>
  
  <p>I need to make this value completely unavailable from the user's eyes. <s>Or at least, make it impossible to edit</s>. What is the best way to hide such value?</p>
  
  <p>I managed to store the variable in my online MySQL database. But honestly, that doesn't work very well for my purposes. I need to store it locally...</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>