It’s important to point out that security isn’t binary. Things aren’t simply “secure” or “insecure”. Rather, there are certain classes of vulnerabilities that are present in some systems and absent in others.
Typical PC operating systems don’t have the app sandboxing prism’s comment mentions at all, and do have a way for apps to prompt to ask for administrative access. A phone with root is somewhere between the two; apps are usually sandboxed, but if you give them root (or they get it with an exploit), then they’re not.
If a PC is secure enough for a certain use case, an Android phone with root probably is as well. Either one calls for a bit of caution with regard to the apps you install.
It’s important to point out that security isn’t binary. Things aren’t simply “secure” or “insecure”. Rather, there are certain classes of vulnerabilities that are present in some systems and absent in others.
Typical PC operating systems don’t have the app sandboxing prism’s comment mentions at all, and do have a way for apps to prompt to ask for administrative access. A phone with root is somewhere between the two; apps are usually sandboxed, but if you give them root (or they get it with an exploit), then they’re not.
If a PC is secure enough for a certain use case, an Android phone with root probably is as well. Either one calls for a bit of caution with regard to the apps you install.