Why don't banks like root on Android? - eviltoast
  • markstos@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    And if you don’t want to wear a mask on your face during a pandemic, you should be able to? Not everything is about you.

    Banks practice defense in depth as other security practitioners do. Not every defense will stop every attack, so a layered, overlapping approach is used.

    • cley_faye@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      You really are missing the point that if the device is rooted there is nothing an app can do to protect itself. Defense in depth is layering (sometimes overlapping) solutions that do something. Detecting root and saying “nuh-uh” is not doing anything.