On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Mahesh T. Pai <paiva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Responses should go to?? This list? > > IMDO (in my dumb opinion), all of us here have root on our servers, > laptops and PCs, and they (at least those in hands of sensible owners) > are as safe as a fort. > > Any rooted android device ought not to be any different. > > AFAICt, safety (of _my_ data on _my_ device) and rooting _my_ device > are unrelated. What is probably relevant is having to run binaries > from questionable and unknown (to _me_) source code which has access > to the data and capabalities of my device. > > For example, look at the "Choota Bheem" app on the Play Store. It > wants permissions to make calls - that is right - make calls. I put > the phone on airplane mode before my kids' hijack it (the > device). Such apps which hide what they do from _me_ are more a threat > to my device than rooting it. > > I am no dev; just running purebreed android (currently, gingerbread) > android on a device which came with Froyo. (Hope to run JB 4.2.2 by > the time you get to read this). ;-D > > And a 12+ year user of Debian GNU/Linux on my PCs. > > (apologies to the list) > > -- > Mahesh T. Pai || > A closed mouth gathers no feet. > I need a 'Like' button for this response! _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
