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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by GabrielHawk on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:13PM (#46558690)
Have you ever seen government officials talk about tech? I think you'd have to be naive to buy the narrative that they're making such a large policy decision for our security.

Of the few people using rooted phones to begin with, there's even fewer that don't know what they're doing.

Much more likely is this is a decision to get in line with the well documented and rapidly spreading surveillance laws of the past few years.

> But we shouldn't force everyone to make the choices that are best for the people with the least comprehension of what they're doing.

You are acting like it's easy to accidentally root your phone

Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by hephaes7us on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:02PM (#46562015)
It's not that I believe it, it's that that would be the only legitimate justification, and I'm don't suggesting even _that_ doesn't hold water.