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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by ExpertAdvisor01 on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:46PM (#46556620)
This won't work. The tiny non-rooted system wouldn't get certified by Google and therefore not pass hardware attestation, which most banking apps use.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by hyghjiyhu on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:11PM (#46557812)
Well you could take a certified system off-the-shelf and integrate it into a bigger thing.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by NoGravitas on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:03PM (#46556862)
I think they mean having a second non-rooted phone that is certified but cheap.
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