Re: I have migrated my family over to Signal Messenger.
  By: August Abolins to Arelor on Sat Dec 25 2021 04:02 pm

 > The rooting part sounds confusing. Can't you change the root
 > credentials so that only you have access?
 > 

That is a difficult question.

If you want Google Services you need to have Googleḉ's framework installed.
Such framework has full access to everything in the phone with few exceptions
(baseband and SIM card comes to mind).

Google Play can install anything. If it can install anything, it can access
anything. Contents stored in memory, such as decoded OpenPGP material; contents
stored in the filesystem, such as OpenPGP keys.

They can put whatever they want in the next Android update and the framework
may download it and install it, no questions asked.

You can flash the shit out of the phone and use an image that is not ridden
with Google stuff. The drawbacks of doing so is that many applications won't
work if Google's frameworks are not present, and that flashing the phone is not
supported by vendors more often than not. At this point, people creates
frameworks that make it look like Google is present on the phone so
applications can work without actual Google presence. At this point, you are in
hacker territory.

Give up all Warranty Anybody who Herein Enters


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