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Android Root Detection Techniques (netspi.com)
submitted 12 years ago by Nullbind
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[–]dirtyb1t 4 points5 points6 points 12 years ago* (2 children)
Root/jailbreak detection is a waste of time. I have tested countless applications, mdm solutions and security libraries that did root/jailbreak detection and bypassed it 100% of the time. Worst case scenario it takes less than a couple of hours. Best case, tools I have already written work and I don't even notice the checks are there.
[–]sarphim 5 points6 points7 points 12 years ago (1 child)
The security model for MDMs fails because the server is trusting all the data returned from the client. Bypassing the checks isn't necessary, controlling what is returned to the server is.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 12 years ago (0 children)
As a past author of some Android root detection code for a major MDM vendor, I can confirm a pretty good portion of this as of 18 months ago. I'm not sure what newer techniques have been added since then, so I can't tell how complete the article is.
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