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Okay what is the purpose of this even? Sure, everyone is going to talk about fingerprinting, but let's face it, there are way easier and more reliable methods
by buildzr 7y ago
Okay what is the purpose of this even?
Sure, everyone is going to talk about fingerprinting, but let's face it, there are way easier and more reliable methods of doing that than system libraries that mostly match between same devices.
Must be for some sort of debugging? Still seems insane...
- londons_explore 7y agoThere are hundreds of thousands of variants of android phones. Facebook wants their app to work on all of them, but cant track down all of those physical devices. Instead, I bet they load all the libraries into a big test bench and check all features of the app work with all possible hardware. It wouldn't be perfect, since I bet many of those libraries rely on custom system services, kernel interfaces, etc, but I bet it helps them track down a bunch of issues before they impact real users.
- shawnz 7y agoMy guess is that it helps to detect spamming tools, flash game cheats, malware that affects Facebook apps, etc.