• @dai@lemmy.world
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    57 days ago

    Granting blanket root to all programs on an android phone sure that’s a risk; but who the fuck does that on any system…

    From memory individual apps would be able to request root which could be denied, approved once, approved always or ignored.

    • sunzu2
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      -47 days ago

      Why would you provide any app with root access tbo?

      What do they need it for?

      • @dai@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        Really depends on what you want to do.

        Same as any Linux system you don’t want applications to have root access all the time. However if I want to remove a system file or modify something that a normal user isn’t able to, something is going to require higher privileges than the standard user account has.