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Re:Introduction to GrapheneOS by jampekka on Sunday September 14, 2025 @01:14PM (#45241464)
Android of course requires root for installing and configuring applications. It just grants the root automatically.
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Re:Introduction to GrapheneOS by oneshtein on Sunday September 14, 2025 @02:11PM (#45241993)
Developers cannot trust a random phone «owner».
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Re:Introduction to GrapheneOS by strcat on Sunday September 14, 2025 @08:02PM (#45244615)
No, it doesn't. Only a few very core system processes run as root and even those are contained quite a bit via SELinux. The application layer of the OS including installing apps does not run as root or with equivalent access.
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