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Can you confirm transactions there, though?

Many banks in the EU require a smartphone for that at this point (or a dedicated authentication device).

But instead of using actually secure technologies like Android’s protected confirmation (which couldn’t care less about running on a rooted phone, as it runs in a trusted HW enclave), they usually just settle for (often very spoofable) “root detection”. It’s quite sad.



Banking apps are usually huge data collectors (scaning installed apps for example) that invade privacy instead of giving proclaimed security.


I can- it is done over text so if you have apple devices, you can confirm on any of the devices. Technically it is routing through the phone though.




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