Stop parroting the corporate propaganda that put us into this stupid situation in the first place. Having root access on devices you own should be a fundamental right, as otherwise it's not ownership.
Stop parroting the corporate propaganda that put us into this stupid situation in the first place. Having root access on devices you own should be a fundamental right, as otherwise it's not ownership.
Making it easy to root phone makes it easy for scammers to ask people to unlock it.
It should not void warranty if you unlock the phone. But security concerns are real. Mobile banking apps refuse to run on rooted phones.
I would agree.
> Making it easy to root phone makes it easy for scammers to ask people to unlock it.
I would also agree, so then: don't make it easy.
> Mobile banking apps refuse to run on rooted phones.
... but they do run on my web browser. On a computer using open-source software without even secure boot enabled. So, it seems to me this is a cop-out by said banks. They shouldn't require client-side absolute trust to run, and evidently they actually, practically, today, do not require that. It's simply a choice they made, presumably out of laziness or greed.