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minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·1 year agoThat is just standard and a completely sensible security measure for preventing people from tampering with an application. It cannot replace proper, server-side security measures but is a big step. Especially for stuff like banking applications.
minus-squareBaldDude@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoI never really understood that: If I’m using my browser to do banking via the website, Having root privileges and tampering with the Browser running the applications is not an issue. If i use the banking app, Having root privileges suddenly become a problem. –> To me, it doesn’t look like the problem is technical, but that users are accepting things on mobile that they wouldn’t accept on a PC.
That is just standard and a completely sensible security measure for preventing people from tampering with an application. It cannot replace proper, server-side security measures but is a big step. Especially for stuff like banking applications.
I never really understood that:
If I’m using my browser to do banking via the website, Having root privileges and tampering with the Browser running the applications is not an issue.
If i use the banking app, Having root privileges suddenly become a problem.
–> To me, it doesn’t look like the problem is technical, but that users are accepting things on mobile that they wouldn’t accept on a PC.