Latest Google SafetyNet improvements threaten to finally kill Magisk Hide

guest · Mar 11, 2020

Latest SafetyNet improvements threaten to finally kill Magisk Hide
March 11, 2020
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/11/safetynet-improvements-kill-magisk-hide/

Magisk and Google have been playing a game of cat and mouse for years: Google's SafetyNet technology is supposed to be triggered when it notices a rooted device, but Magisk Hide does its best to keep banking apps, Pokémon Go, and other root-despising applications going, no matter what you do with your phone.

However, the latest update to SafetyNet, apparently rolling out via the Play Services, seems to put an end to the game permanently. Magisk developer John Wu isn't convinced he'll find a solution that would keep his tool intact once Google fully implements the change.
John Wu describes on Twitter that the recent update properly uses SafetyNet's key attestation API that remotely verifies a device's security status.

It looks like Google hasn't utilized this check to its full potential previously.
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So here we go, after years of fun messing around using Magisk, it seems that Google FINALLY decided to "fix" SafetyNet to something useful, and that is to use key attestation to verify device status (after 3 years since introduced to Android's platform!)
— John Wu (@topjohnwu) March 11, 2020
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SafetyNet Attestation API:

The SafetyNet Attestation API is an anti-abuse API that allows app developers to assess the Android device their app is running on. The API should be used as a part of your abuse detection system to help determine whether your servers are interacting with your genuine app running on a genuine Android device.

The SafetyNet Attestation API provides a cryptographically-signed attestation, assessing the device's integrity.
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