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		mike_hearn 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones fr... Devices that are easily rooted absolutely originate fraud. It's not like this is some wild claim. Look at how much financial fraud is driven by botnets running on old Windows PCs.

morshu9001 15 days ago [–]

Also even if they aren't hijacked devices, any kind of phone farm is harder to run with locked down devices.

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