| ▲ | jampekka 3 days ago | |
Android of course requires root for installing and configuring applications. It just grants the root automatically. | ||
| ▲ | strcat 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
No, it doesn't. Only a few very core system processes run as root and even those are contained quite a bit via SELinux. The application layer of the OS including installing apps does not run as root or with equivalent access. | ||
| ▲ | oneshtein 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Developers cannot trust a random phone «owner». | ||