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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by adrr on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:08PM (#46558626)
Only on older versions of Android. Apps are very locked down on what you can get. I would have loved to be able to fingerprint a device when i was at the challenger bank and application list is very good for fingerprinting.. We would fingerprint on the web to detect bots.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by itsgabriel on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:46PM (#46561886)
Did you know about this workaround? Afaik it's still active https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-u...
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by JCattheATM on Saturday January 10, 2026 @12:00AM (#46562922)
> application list is very good for fingerprinting..

So is the personal, private content of my texts, why not go for that while you're at it?

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