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Re:Facebook can now read your texts by eigenvector on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @11:43AM (#7138080)
App Ops X can only work with root on 4.4.x. In 4.3 it could expose the hidden options to the user without additional permissions.
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Re:Facebook can now read your texts by StavrosK on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @11:56AM (#7138155)
Ah, I didn't know it needed root, I guess I root everything so I never noticed. Too bad.
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Re:Facebook can now read your texts by JangoSteve on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @07:14PM (#7140818)
To clarify, it doesn't need root on 4.4, it needs root on 4.4.2.
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