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Rooting an Android device generally requires completely wiping it and reinstalling the OS. It's quite impractical to do secretly!

I think in any scenario where the principal can do that without you noticing (which means things like reinstalling & logging you back into all your apps, logging the device into your google account successfully, restoring all your device settings, re-adding your fingerprint or device pin to unlock the device, etc) then it's game over regardless. If they can do that, they could get into your bank app anyway, or they could easily just replace your phone with another one entirely, and now you're just logging into your bank on a stranger's phone.

Barring a _very_ major Android zero-day (which probably would evade attestation anyway) unexpected rooting of your device is really not a plausible attack scenario.



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