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It's due to regulatory mandates around device fingerprinting and biometrics.

VN is in the process of rolling out a China style biometrics validation system.



A quick web search of the list of apps it's checking for suggests it's jailbreak-related, not general fingerprinting. Only banks get to escape Apple's restrictions, not end-users.




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