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Question for my #Infosec colleagues and a new security issue. Bought a used #Samsung A53 phone (I can't stand to pay more than $200 for a phone) off EBay. The advertisement said "Verizon Unlocked, Verizon KNOX By-Passed Phone will work perfectly. A master reset will cause Knox to relock." Since I knew that Knox was on the phone anyway I didn't think twice about doing a factory reset.

Come to find out that it was NOT Knox locked, it was VMWare Work Profile Hub, phone will not let me get past the registration page:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/2212/Android_Platform/GUID-AndroidEnrollmentEnrollWorkProfile.html

1) I am glad I reset since this is obviously #Remote control software #RAT and who knows who controls the other end. Sounds like a new way to get someone's personal information (not that I am #Paranoid)
2) Is there any way to completely reload a #ROM on a #Samsung #A53