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		ptrl600 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for wor... Apps on a rooted phone can only do anything if you give them the root permission. Otherwise, permissions the same as always.

crazygringo 4 months ago [–]

That's the point. You're able to give them that permission. That's a vulnerability.

OP was arguing that unrooted phones are somehow less safe, which is absurd.

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