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Why don't banks like root on Android? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's not to stop you from abusing their systems but to stop scam victims from being screwed

One easy example is that you can get around the "no screenshots" lock many bank apps use with root, allowing you to potentially expose security vital information to people.

Should those of us who know what we're doing be allowed? Maybe.

But it's there to protect the old people who will run the .exe that's designed to root their phone and then let them hand over data that would otherwise be locked down so that doesn't happen just because someone called them and said they're from the bank.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

One easy example is that you can get around the “no screenshots” lock many bank apps use with root, allowing you to potentially expose security vital information to people.

Nothing stops a scammer from telling someone to open their bank account, press prntscr on their keyboard, and paste it into their site. You don't see banks freaking out about that...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

And how is that any different from being on a PC? You didn't even have to be root to take a screenshot there.