Method for deobfuscation of customer clickstream telemetry data

1. A method of analyzing telemetry data of a web client, comprising:

collecting streams of raw telemetry data from the web client, wherein the telemetry data comprises obfuscated strings, the obfuscated strings comprising at least one user-sensitive string;

for at least one of the obfuscated strings, referencing a database associating the obfuscated string to attributes of a properties file of the web client, wherein the attributes include at least a deobfuscated string corresponding to the obfuscated string;

translating the streams of raw telemetry data to streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file and obfuscation of the at least one user-sensitive string is maintained with the deobfuscated string in modified telemetry data; and

analyzing the streams of modified telemetry data.

2. The method of analyzing telemetry data of the web client of claim 1 , wherein collecting streams of raw telemetry data from the web client, wherein the telemetry data comprises obfuscated strings, comprises:

collecting another streams of raw telemetry data of a web client plugin for the web client.

3. The method of analyzing telemetry data of the web client of claim 2 , wherein for each obfuscated string, referencing a database associating the obfuscated string to attributes in a properties file of the web client, wherein the attributes includes at least the deobfuscated string corresponding to the obfuscated string, comprises:

for each obfuscated string associated with web client plugin, referencing another database associating the obfuscated string to attributes in a properties file of the web client plugin.

4. The method of analyzing telemetry data of the web client of claim 3 , wherein translating the streams of raw telemetry data to streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file, comprises:

translating the other streams of raw telemetry data associated with web client plugin to another streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the other streams of modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file of the web client plugin.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein attributes of a properties file further includes a locale of the obfuscated string.

6. The method of analyzing telemetry data of the web client of claim 1 , wherein the database includes a plurality of key/value entries, wherein a key refers to an obfuscated string and a value refers to attributes of a properties file.

7. The method of analyzing telemetry data of the web client of claim 1 , wherein the database is generated through a process, comprising:

scanning the properties files of the web client;

extracting a deobfuscated string associated with each properties file;

applying a hashing algorithm to the deobfuscated string to generate an obfuscated string;

associating each obfuscated string with at least its respective deobfuscated string from a properties file; and

storing the association in the database.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method of analyzing telemetry data of a web client, comprising:

collecting streams of raw telemetry data from the web client, wherein the telemetry data comprises obfuscated strings, the obfuscated strings comprising at least one user-sensitive string;

for at least one of the obfuscated strings, referencing a database associating the obfuscated string to attributes of a properties file of the web client, wherein the attributes include at least a deobfuscated string corresponding to the obfuscated string;

translating the streams of raw telemetry data to streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file and obfuscation of the at least one user-sensitive string is maintained with the deobfuscated string in modified telemetry data; and

analyzing the streams of modified telemetry data.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein collecting streams of raw telemetry data from the web client, wherein the telemetry data comprises obfuscated strings, comprises:

collecting another streams of raw telemetry data of a web client plugin for the web client.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein for each obfuscated string, referencing a database associating the obfuscated string to attributes in a properties file of the web client, wherein the attributes includes at least the deobfuscated string corresponding to the obfuscated string, comprises:

for each obfuscated string associated with web client plugin, referencing another database associating the obfuscated string to attributes of a properties file of the web client plugin.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein translating the streams of raw telemetry data to streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties files, comprises:

translating the other streams of raw telemetry data associated with web client plugin to another streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the other streams of modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file of the web client plugin.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein attributes of a properties file further includes a locale of the obfuscated string.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the database includes a plurality of key/value entries, wherein a key refers to an obfuscated string and a value refers to attributes of a properties file.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the database is generated through a process, comprising:

scanning the properties files of the web client;

extracting an un-obfuscated string associated with each properties file;

applying a hashing algorithm to the un-obfuscated string to generate an obfuscated string;

associating each obfuscated string with at least its respective deobfuscated string from properties file; and

storing the association in the database.

15. A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing program code, which, when executed on the processor, performs a method of analyzing telemetry data of a web client, comprising:

collecting streams of raw telemetry data from the web client, wherein the telemetry data comprises obfuscated strings, the obfuscated strings comprising at least one user-sensitive string;

for at least one of the obfuscated strings, referencing a database associating the obfuscated string to attributes of a properties file of the web client, wherein the attributes include at least a deobfuscated string corresponding to the obfuscated string;

translating the streams of raw telemetry data to streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file and obfuscation of the at least one user-sensitive string is maintained with the deobfuscated string in modified telemetry data; and

analyzing the streams of modified telemetry data.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein collecting streams of raw telemetry data from the web client, wherein the telemetry data comprises obfuscated strings, comprises:

collecting another streams of raw telemetry data of a web client plugin for the web client.

17. The computer system of claim 16 , wherein for each obfuscated string, referencing a database associating the obfuscated string to attributes in a properties file of the web client, wherein the attributes includes at least the deobfuscated string corresponding to the obfuscated string, comprises:

for each obfuscated string associated with web client plugin, referencing another database associating the obfuscated string to attributes of a properties file of the web client plugin.

18. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein translating the streams of raw telemetry data to streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties files, comprises:

translating the other streams of raw telemetry data associated with web client plugin to another streams of modified telemetry data, wherein the other streams of modified telemetry data comprises the deobfuscated string from the attributes corresponding to the properties file of the web client plugin.

19. The computer system of claim 16 , wherein the attributes of the properties file further includes a locale of the obfuscated string.

20. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the database includes a plurality of key/value entries, wherein a key refers to an obfuscated string and a value refers to attributes of a properties file.