• 0xD@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    That is just standard and a completely sensible security measure for preventing people from tampering with an application. It cannot replace proper, server-side security measures but is a big step. Especially for stuff like banking applications.

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      1 year ago

      I never really understood that:

      If I’m using my browser to do banking via the website, Having root privileges and tampering with the Browser running the applications is not an issue.

      If i use the banking app, Having root privileges suddenly become a problem.

      –> To me, it doesn’t look like the problem is technical, but that users are accepting things on mobile that they wouldn’t accept on a PC.