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I have one of these phones, and this was my first thought too. "Woohoo! Root vulnerability! Now I can run what I want on my own device!"

:(



As a former Samsung owner, that's actually the same feeling I get every time I heard of an Android vuln but definitely without the frowny face. I only get frowny face when the exploits don't work on my specific device. Or, rather, used to then I noped right out of that situation and got a Nexus device.

In the same way I never intend to get "free phone with contract" ever again, I hope to never again buy a device that is subject to vendor "enhancements."




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