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Re:Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit by daveloyall on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:37PM (#12808026)
I've always wondered: what exactly are they checking for?

What's the difference between "I can become the root user on my phone whenever I want" and "My phone is rooted"?

Note: I'm asking as a GNU/Linux user, not as a phone user.

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Re:Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit by sdrothrock on Thursday October 27, 2016 @10:27PM (#12812546)
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~zhiyunq/pub/ccs15_root_providers.pdf
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Re:Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit by daveloyall on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:32AM (#12817016)
2015-08-20. The document describes analysis performed on those apps which root your phone for you.

Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: Android 'root' phones via dirtyc0w exploit by sdrothrock on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:04AM (#12822824)
No problem! I don't do Android development of any kind and didn't trust my ability to properly explain it, but it's an interesting paper. :)
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