dzwiedziu , 11 months ago

@AphoticDev
Unless Google opens it up in revenge, then no, not totally unprotected. But they did set the rooting path to expand the attack surface needlessly.
It's a consequence of locking up your device, so you can't control it to serve as a vehicle for ads, DRM, and data mining.

Security 3rd, otherwise there would be no problems with patching.

F.e. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-android-patch-gap-makes-n-days-as-dangerous-as-zero-days/

Still one needs to be VERY aware what consequences rooting has.

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