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Re:Exploring Previously Unknown Remote Kernel Bugs Affecting... by izacus on Monday November 06, 2017 @05:07PM (#15639430)
> This has created a strange ecosystem for app stores in China, which depend on vulnerability exploitation in varying degrees for installation privileges.

Can you explain that a bit more? 3rd party app stores are legitimate on Android, so why would they depend on vulnerability exploitation?

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Re:Exploring Previously Unknown Remote Kernel Bugs Affecting... by droopybuns on Monday November 06, 2017 @09:58PM (#15640759)
I am a little unclear on why they operate the way they do, but the k33n team guys are all employed by Tencent. I’ve asked them about it and this was the rationale they presented.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent

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