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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by jdiff on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:41PM (#46556551)
Rooted devices don't enable that transaction. That's all social engineering.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by mike_hearn on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:18PM (#46557074)
It's all social engineering now but that's because phones are secure and remote attestation infrastructure is in place.

Go back fifteen years and malware is absolutely submitting bank transactions after the user does a 2FA.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/03/crooks-crank-up-volume-o...

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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by jack_pp on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:44PM (#46556591)
and grandmas don't root their devices.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by pixl97 on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:48PM (#46556646)
As a devils advocate grandma would have no idea if she was buying or got her device rooted by someone else.
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