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Out of interest, why do you care if your users run your application on a jailbroken device? It’s been a question I’ve had for a while..

• benbristow 7y ago
  Same reason as why rooted Android devices get blocked by certain applications. Security for the user's sake. Usually it's financial applications (banking etc.) and stuff with sensitive user information.
  • yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
    As an Android user, this is super annoying: I rooted the device because I want to control it. Now some stupid app comes along and claims that, for my own protection (supposedly), they're going to break for me. It's insulting, really.
• js2 7y ago
  We don’t care but when a crash occurs we collect diagnostic data that we think will help us narrow down the source of the crash. Sometimes a crash happens only on jailbroken devices in which case we usually don’t spend time on it.
• Mindwipe 7y ago
  Jailbroken devices can attack application logic to cheat in multiplayer games, somewhat attack DRM systems for video content (though Fairplay isn't especially vulnerable here), gain access to chargeable features without paying for them (decompiled Spotify APKs that do not feature advertising without having to pay exist on Android and are a non-trivial revenue risk) etc etc. In more open systems you are usually more able to run detection software for the above without sandboxing.
  • moftz 7y ago
    Piracy for Android doesn't require a jailbroken/rooted device.
    • saagarjha 7y ago
      It only requires one jailbroken device on iOS. Or, if you're using the right tools, none.
• ESultanik 7y ago
  Companies (particularly financial institutions) that have enterprise apps deployed only to their employees care because a jailbroken phone imposes the risk of attackers MITMing traffic.