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by tadfisher 1911 days ago
Speaking as someone who has been writing Android banking software for eight-odd years, requiring SafetyNet attestation is a crock of user-hostile shit so long as the same institution allows random desktop Web browsers access to the same APIs. I have a feeling it was invented for anti-cheat in games but it became a line-item in every security director's checklist because Google offers it.