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Major Qualcomm chip security flaws expose 900M Android users | Ars Technica UK
Most of the major recent Android devices are expected to be affected by the flaw, including:
- BlackBerry Priv
- Blackphone 1 and Blackphone 2
- Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, and Nexus 6P
- HTC One, HTC M9, and HTC 10
- LG G4, LG G5, and LG V10
- New Moto X by Motorola
- OnePlus One, OnePlus 2, and OnePlus 3
- Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge
- Sony Xperia Z Ultra
There was a suggestion that the N4 might be affected - I don't know if it is still getting updates.
But what got me really excited was a comment about root access, but then it seemed to be shot down in a reply:
sprockkets Ars Legatus Legionis 8 Aug 2016 16:02
>Joklers wrote:
>Does this mean that I might be able to get root on my Priv? Because that's the one thing it's missing to be a really >awesome phone.
>Blackberry will probably patch this asap though.
Root is near useless on phones from the past 2 years. It cannot write to system, and unless it runs from there, the kernel will refuse to run it. It's not like Google hasn't done their homework about how root exploits work. And on the Priv (if it doesn't have write protect but doubt it) it most likely will detect you gained root, and will think a corruption has happened on system and will use dm-verify to kill it, without even telling you. Or it will refuse to boot saying your phone is corrupt.
Modders ***** about it all the time that google makes their life difficult in getting root even for unlocked devices.
Checkpoint is pretending we all live in 2009 where there were no protections to root. Not today. And hell no will I install Zone Alarm.
Well, you never know...
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