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  • your computers are much less secure in general but they also have different security assumptions

    phones are the pinnacle of security in this point in time. rooting them not only breaks but also breaks the security assumptions that apps rely on

    for example I can be sure that no other app has access in my data as an app dev. based on that assumption i might store secrets. which on android/iOS is totally fine (there are better ways but ok)

    you’d never make such an assumption on a pc app. you’d find another way. there’s no such thing as “my data” on desktop. hence you develop around it


  • and that’s a reason not to use banking or other critical apps from a pc. a mobile is much more secure

    rooting also bears the issue of being “not intended”. that means that what you use to get root (for example to manage the root permission) is not as much tested as the rest of the operating system and opens up holes which we don’t know about yet

    security is a game of money. as a security researcher, bypassing the sandbox and accessing another apps data, can gain you literally millions

    bypassing the root permission on an already rooted phone will gain a pat in the back and a conference talk at best









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    8 months ago

    hey I just wanted to share that I moved to a small, remote-ish village in Greece about a year ago (born & raised in Athens, a “big” city for our standards, the biggest in Greece) and it’s quite close to that.

    It’s been amazing although I miss ordering food online and maybe the occasional bar/coffee with friends.

    It’s almost inside a forest and 15’ drive from both mountain and amazing beaches

    Thank you for listening, I honestly hope that everyone has the choice to do the same <3