I would think that rooting is not counterproductive. In fact my personal security model requires root access. 1. I need to be able to monitor what's inside the

I would think that rooting is not counterproductive. In fact my personal security model requires root access. 1. I need to be able to monitor what's inside the memory and communications of every process running if I want to 2. I need to be able to pin a different root certificate, install a MITM SSL proxy and see what every app is sending about me, if I want to