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Why don't banks like root on Android? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The concern is not much phones rooted with intent by their owners, but phones rooted by malware without the owner’s consent:

https://thehackernews.com/2021/10/this-new-android-malware-can-gain-root.html

If there was a way to signal that a rooted phone was actually secure, malware would send that signal.