Hi, I’m wondering myself is root useful or not ? In which case it can be useful ? And Root with magisk is unsecure ?

  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Rooting Android is one of the most insecure things you can do to your Android phone.

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      1 year ago

      That’s like saying being able to turn left is one of the most dangerous things you can do to your car.

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        1 year ago

        The thing about “knowing just enough to be dangerous” is typically the person doesn’t realize that’s all they know.

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        1 year ago

        No, its not even remotely like that. You clearly have no working knowledge of how Linux based OS’s work. There a reason so many actual Linux distros ship with Root disabled and want you to use sudo instead.

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            1 year ago

            You don’t directly, certain apps are already allowed to access certain system level permissions. You can’t directly without Rooting. Although arguably, many ADB commands are performing root level changes.