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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same host could fake the payload to the attestation server. Cat and mouse game with security through obscurity.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are on android or ios the phone already cryptografically verifies that the operating system has not been tampered with on a hardware level. Since the operating system is then "trusted" it can verify anything you do on it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't work. It's possible to let many banking apps think they are running on a normal device although it is rooted.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yup Play attestation is dead, even the new and shiny "secure" one is bypassed. It's now just a hinderence.