[nnd]

Weird, so much for a "hacker-friendly" operating system.

I wonder if you can bypass this behavior by rooting the device?

[tarnacious_]

If you have root access, you can [1]. You can also build your own apps to trust the "user" certificates [2].

[1]: https://blog.jeroenhd.nl/article/android-7-nougat-and-certif...

[2]: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/07/changes-to...