• HelixDab2
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    1 year ago

    The only reason I haven’t rooted my phone is because of the Knox circuit. Rooting it trips the circuit, and it can’t be reset. Once the circuit is tripped, my bank won’t ever recognize my phone again, because it’s “insecure”.

    • sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
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      1 year ago

      My understanding was that knox is only used for samsung pay, secure folder and similar samsung exclusive crap

      I haven’t owned a recent scamsus tho so idk

    • icedterminal@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Knox is used by Samsung own functions. Your bank app only does a root check. Which can easily be hidden with Magisk. If you trip Knox, you lose the Samsung exclusive security features baked into the OS. That’s it. Google Pay and USAA both complained about root access and refused to work with Magisk hiding off. With it on, they function as normal.

      Integration into Knox requires enterprise device management and a custom app.