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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by kelvinjps10 on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:04PM (#46557728)
At that point why not just use the bank's website?
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by SoftTalker on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:07PM (#46557765)
That's what I do. I don't install apps for stuff I can just do on the web.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by mschild on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:40PM (#46558233)
Because that needs 2FA to login and guess what the only way to get the code is.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by bethekidyouwant on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:55PM (#46561074)
Does the government ban getting SMS messages on your rooted phone?
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by jolmg on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:14PM (#46562086)
It's not considered secure enough.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by mschild on Saturday January 10, 2026 @01:18AM (#46563277)
Not that I'm aware of but if banks don't offer it, which most dont, good luck.
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