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Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by gtdawg on Sunday December 29, 2024 @02:21AM (#42538306)
Can't run various banking apps and can't run PagerDuty on a rooted device due to Google Play API Integrity Check. The ecosystem is closing in on any options to not send telemetry, and Google is leading the way in the restrictions on Freedom.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by pmlnr on Sunday December 29, 2024 @02:47AM (#42538385)
You can, with magisk.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by mschuster91 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @05:30AM (#42539068)
That's a cat and mouse game, and some banking apps still manage to detect rooting, and so does Netflix and Google Pay.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by colordrops on Sunday December 29, 2024 @04:16PM (#42543216)
Not really though. I've been using LineageOS+Magisk for at least 6 years and haven't found an app that worked that stopped working all of a sudden. I'm using all my banking apps and everything else without issue, and have been for a long time. Doesn't seem like the app devs are hellbent on blocking those willing to use Magisk.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by consteval on Monday December 30, 2024 @07:51PM (#42555301)
Banking is something seldom enough that you can just run it in a browser, like God intended
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by sofixa on Sunday December 29, 2024 @10:37AM (#42540550)
> Google is leading the way in the restrictions on Freedom.

They're the ones allowing you to root your phone or flash a custom ROM in the first place, so that's not a fair characterisation. Banks have a vested interest in reducing fraud, and a rooted Android might allow for easier and additional attack vectors into their apps and thus systems.

Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 by colordrops on Sunday December 29, 2024 @04:14PM (#42543197)
Naw, using Magisk and it's zygisk denylist it usually works. I haven't been blocked by an app yet, including pagerduty.