hydroGEN@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 months agoGoogle One VPN is 'built into' the Pixel 8 with no persistent notification9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down112
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minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agosystem ≠ root. System applications can’t load kernel modules, only root can. That allows Facebook to do some nasty restriction bypassing, but it’s not as bad as it would be if it had root on your phone.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI know; it was just a simplified way of saying “preinstalled apps that have elevated access”.
system ≠ root. System applications can’t load kernel modules, only root can. That allows Facebook to do some nasty restriction bypassing, but it’s not as bad as it would be if it had root on your phone.
I know; it was just a simplified way of saying “preinstalled apps that have elevated access”.