How easy is it to hack a plist file in an app store app?

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Published on 2010-03-17T17:27:18Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 17:31 UTC
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Don't worry, I'm not trying to hack someone else's app, if that's what you're thinking =).

I want to have 2 versions of my app, a free version and a deluxe version. My plan was to use an in-app purchase to enable the deluxe version by setting a boolean value in the plist file.

My question is: is this secure or is it easily circumvented? And if it is not secure, can someone suggest a simple alternative? I don't want to download additional content, I would rather keep all of the functionality within the app and enable it somehow.

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