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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