Facebook asking for root permissions

Posted by James_Owens_69 on Friday May 18, 2018 @06:51PM
from the reddit.com dept.

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Re:Facebook asking for root permissions by noobermin on Friday May 18, 2018 @07:18PM (#17105697)

Is it just to check if the device is unrooted as the comments suggest?

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Re:Facebook asking for root permissions by phkahler on Friday May 18, 2018 @08:49PM (#17106030)

Does that make any difference? It's not about intent, it's about what they want.

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Re:Facebook asking for root permissions by noobermin on Friday May 18, 2018 @10:49PM (#17106360)

I don't disagree.

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Re:Facebook asking for root permissions by villedepommes on Saturday May 19, 2018 @01:48PM (#17108883)

Why would they need to know if a device was unrooted? What does this app do aside from showing you ads and you friends' pictures?

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