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Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

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845 points the-anarchist | 1 comments | 21 Jun 25 03:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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userbinator ◴[21 Jun 25 04:22 UTC] No.44334486[source]▶
making it nearly impossible for regular users to uninstall it without root access, which voids warranties and poses security risks

Stop parroting the corporate propaganda that put us into this stupid situation in the first place. Having root access on devices you own should be a fundamental right, as otherwise it's not ownership.

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charcircuit ◴[21 Jun 25 04:37 UTC] No.44334549[source]▶
Root access is an outdated security concept from the previous century. Trying to mandate such a concept is parroting UNIX propaganda. Users can be given control of devices without them having a "root" account.
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1. Zak ◴[21 Jun 25 10:53 UTC] No.44336446[source]▶
I agree. I would love to have an "advanced permissions manager" that lets me specify that AccA can write to the /sys devices for the charge controller and AdAway can write to /etc/hosts, but not the reverse.

That doesn't give me any less power than root, but does give those apps less power and limits the potential impact if one gets compromised. I think when most people say the device owner should be able to get root, they mean that the owner, rather than the manufacturer or OS vendor should have the final say in all cases, not that it has to literally work just like root on Unix.