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{{Short description|Security module for computing apps}}

The '''SafetyNet API''' is a security feature of [[Google Play Services]] to provide security sensitive applications verification that the integrity of the device is not compromised, using an [[application programming interface]] (API).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Chris|title=SafetyNet Explained: Why Android Pay and Other Apps Don’t Work on Rooted Devices|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/241012/safetynet-explained-why-android-pay-and-other-apps-dont-work-on-rooted-devices/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=How-To Geek|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title=Google's dreaded SafetyNet hardware check has been spotted in the wild|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/29/googles-dreaded-safetynet-hardware-check-has-been-spotted-in-the-wild/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Android Police|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Muhammad|last2=Imran|first2=Abdullah|last3=Bianchi|first3=Antonio|date=2021-06-24|title=SafetyNOT: on the usage of the SafetyNet attestation API in Android|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3458864.3466627|journal=Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services|language=en|___location=Virtual Event Wisconsin|publisher=ACM|pages=150–162|doi=10.1145/3458864.3466627|isbn=978-1-4503-8443-8|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Software such as [[Magisk (software)|Magisk]] is able to fake the passing of SafetyNet.