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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] 21 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Ok but also What tech illiterate person roots there phone

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

That's where this part becomes relevant

a root exploit on a phone may be unintentional and used to spy on people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

well you can buy a rooted phone that runs some thing like lineage preinstalled.

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

I think I just figured it out, hang on with me.

It'd be the tech literate person in the family. The nephew that's working as a programmer or something like that. Now, if that nephew has some interest in stealing their uncles money, they now have access to their bank account through a freely rooted phone.

This gives them a lot of options, which I don't have to explain.

Given that a lot of scams actually happen between presumed family and friends...

Yeah I kinda get why banks are doing this