Honestly they're just trying to cover all bases / their asses. It's a totally clueless act, but root detection is something that exists and therefore they use it. Realistically it's not making anything truly safer, but it exists in security reports and audits and whatnot, so they're putting it in. It makes managers happy.
Source: I've had to add this to some apps I've worked on. I tried convincing managers and gave up. They _really_ think it adds security. Our apps didn't even handle sensitive user data or anything. It just looked good on some security report they ordered.
Source: I've had to add this to some apps I've worked on. I tried convincing managers and gave up. They _really_ think it adds security. Our apps didn't even handle sensitive user data or anything. It just looked good on some security report they ordered.