Hi, I’m wondering myself is root useful or not ? In which case it can be useful ? And Root with magisk is unsecure ?

  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Its called the principle of least privilege, or principle of minimal privilege, or principle of least authority.

    Its a philosophy learned by anyone who is serious about information assurance. Its a very basic, yet fundamental security concept.

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      1 year ago

      Got it. I thought it wasn’t relevant to this context, and I was right.

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        1 year ago

        This is relevant to giving apps “root access”. How is that not relevant?