Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]

Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by slock83 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:26PM (#28845287)

I switched to /e/ rather recently, and it also just happen that I am in the process of switching banks, which means I currently have two banking apps on my phone.

Both are rather strict on having a clean, non rooted, non modified phone. Currently, they both work without any caveats, but I had to install magisk, add them to magisk hide, and use the magisk renaming feature to have them work.

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by toastal on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:42AM (#28852741)

I recently had a bank detect Magisk Hide. Since on principle, I don't think it's their business what I do with my phone, especially once added Magisk Hide, I went into my branch, told them just that and asked for everything in cash to move to a different bank. These are the same banks that only have SMS for 2FA and it's required.

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by tjader on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @07:17PM (#28858728)

I also ironically had to install Magisk on my previously unrooted LineageOS phone in order to convince a bank app my phone is not rooted.

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