> If your bank's app uses SafetyNet, it's probably about some manager's very con...

		account42 on July 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005) > If your bank's app uses SafetyNet, it's probably about some manager's very confused concept of security. Or about making the auditor for the government-imposed security certification happy with the least amount of effort. It's always more work to come up with good answers why you are not doing the industry standard thing.

It only became a standard practice because of a misguided desire to rely on trusting the client.