SafetyNet API

The SafetyNet API is a security feature of Google Play Services to provide security sensitive applications verification that the integrity of the device is not compromised, using an application programming interface (API).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Software such as Magisk is able to fake the passing of SafetyNet.

References[]

^ Hoffman, Chris. "SafetyNet Explained: Why Android Pay and Other Apps Don't Work on Rooted Devices". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
^ "Google's dreaded SafetyNet hardware check has been spotted in the wild". Android Police. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
^ Ibrahim, Muhammad; Imran, Abdullah; Bianchi, Antonio (2021-06-24). "SafetyNOT: on the usage of the SafetyNet attestation API in Android". Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services. Virtual Event Wisconsin: ACM: 150–162. doi:10.1145/3458864.3466627. ISBN 978-1-4503-8443-8.

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Protect against security threats with SafetyNet

[1] Hoffman, Chris. "SafetyNet Explained: Why Android Pay and Other Apps Don't Work on Rooted Devices". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

[2] "Google's dreaded SafetyNet hardware check has been spotted in the wild". Android Police. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

[3] Ibrahim, Muhammad; Imran, Abdullah; Bianchi, Antonio (2021-06-24). "SafetyNOT: on the usage of the SafetyNet attestation API in Android". Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services. Virtual Event Wisconsin: ACM: 150–162. doi:10.1145/3458864.3466627. ISBN 978-1-4503-8443-8.

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