Oh that's fine, I'm glad it's working for you. I just remember I tried to put some form of Magisk on my rooted S8 Active & it was just a whole thing, I don't think I was successful. My financial stuff, my Samsung wallet, and even Snapchat didn't work.
Next phone & on, I thought about the reasons why I rooted in the first place. Enough of those reasons are resolved, or a non-issue now. I've turned into a more boring, regular adult that streams, surfs web, checks email, calls/texts. I've grown tired of jumping through hoops. 👍🏻 😴 Definitely miss making my battery last forever, though.
Would not recommend rooting anymore, as many apps that have a financial/banking/CC aspect will stop working. Like this one. Rooting used to serve great purposes & had no drawbacks; now there aren't many perks and many punishments. Even your Snapchat will refuse to work, probably because "you can use Snapchat to send & receive money". No one does, but that doesn't matter.
That sucks & I'm sorry. This (probably) wouldn't have helped with a banking app, which forces you to update frequently, but I do not update apps unless: they are buggy, there's an update I'd really like, or I am forced. Not all updates are good.
I agree, and of course it's a matter of trust. I am trusting what the VPN says when they say...they're physically incapable of storing logs. NordVPN & I think a couple others both claim their services literally don't store any logs of any kind.
So the feds could come around & demand info, but they shouldn't have anything.
It is safe to assume that somebody, somewhere, somehow could be watching you or have the capacity to monitor your web activity. If they gave a shit, if they cared enough to hone in on you. ¯°_o)/¯
What the hell? 😂