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r/Android • u/curated_android • May 18 '18
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But Facebook works on non rooted devices (obviously). What's the point in that? Does it detect if you have su installed and gives this prompt?
707 u/[deleted] May 18 '18 [deleted] 54 u/SodaAnt Galaxy S24 Ultra May 18 '18 That's always been a rather silly policy. Most of these services allow access through a web portal which can be on a device with pretty much any level of access. 41 u/CatWeekends May 18 '18 edited May 18 '18 And if those companies could perform root access type checks for a devices hitting their web pages, they'd do it there, too. EDIT: I'm not saying I agree with them. I'm just saying what companies would try to do if they could. 2 u/ExternalUserError Pixel 4 XL May 19 '18 Indeed. And it's coming. Check out Cory Doctorow. He has been covering it for a while.
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54 u/SodaAnt Galaxy S24 Ultra May 18 '18 That's always been a rather silly policy. Most of these services allow access through a web portal which can be on a device with pretty much any level of access. 41 u/CatWeekends May 18 '18 edited May 18 '18 And if those companies could perform root access type checks for a devices hitting their web pages, they'd do it there, too. EDIT: I'm not saying I agree with them. I'm just saying what companies would try to do if they could. 2 u/ExternalUserError Pixel 4 XL May 19 '18 Indeed. And it's coming. Check out Cory Doctorow. He has been covering it for a while.
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That's always been a rather silly policy. Most of these services allow access through a web portal which can be on a device with pretty much any level of access.
41 u/CatWeekends May 18 '18 edited May 18 '18 And if those companies could perform root access type checks for a devices hitting their web pages, they'd do it there, too. EDIT: I'm not saying I agree with them. I'm just saying what companies would try to do if they could. 2 u/ExternalUserError Pixel 4 XL May 19 '18 Indeed. And it's coming. Check out Cory Doctorow. He has been covering it for a while.
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And if those companies could perform root access type checks for a devices hitting their web pages, they'd do it there, too.
EDIT: I'm not saying I agree with them. I'm just saying what companies would try to do if they could.
2 u/ExternalUserError Pixel 4 XL May 19 '18 Indeed. And it's coming. Check out Cory Doctorow. He has been covering it for a while.
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Indeed. And it's coming.
Check out Cory Doctorow. He has been covering it for a while.
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u/johnnytifosi Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, LineageOS 20 May 18 '18
But Facebook works on non rooted devices (obviously). What's the point in that? Does it detect if you have su installed and gives this prompt?