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A comment on Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life. Parent comment

Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by josephcsible on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:05AM (#28083217)
> On a device rooted using Magisk, the MagiskHide masking feature successfully bypasses the apps' root checks in my experience.

Sure, the protection currently isn't bulletproof. But wait until it becomes mandatory for TrustZone to participate in the attestation.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by commoner on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:07AM (#28083834)
You're right that more advanced forms of hardware attestation would defeat the masking if Google eventually implements them.

I'm hoping that Microsoft's support for Android apps and integration with Amazon Appstore in Windows 11 will hedge against Google's SafetyNet enforcement by making an alternative Android ecosystem (with fewer Google dependencies) more viable. Apps that require SafetyNet would most likely not work on Windows 11.

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