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fulafeltoday at 5:54 AM1 replyview on HN

Seems incoherent. What exactly is the bad idea and why? Are they rediscovering "don't run stuff needlessly as root"?


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p0lychromatictoday at 6:27 AM

The bad idea is that by rooting, you can (of course) turn your device into a 24/7 surveillance device that sends voice and video data everywhere.

That does not mean that LG does all that by default.

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