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		adrr 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones fr... Only on older versions of Android. Apps are very locked down on what you can get. I would have loved to be able to fingerprint a device when i was at the challenger bank and application list is very good for fingerprinting.. We would fingerprint on the web to detect bots.

JCattheATM 11 days ago | [–]

> application list is very good for fingerprinting..

So is the personal, private content of my texts, why not go for that while you're at it?

itsgabriel 11 days ago | [–]

Did you know about this workaround? Afaik it's still active https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-u...

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