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If you give that app root, sure. That linked post is silly; your UI layer does not need root to grant privileges. e.g. `kdesu` asks for your password and hands
by ndriscoll 1y ago
If you give that app root, sure. That linked post is silly; your UI layer does not need root to grant privileges. e.g. `kdesu` asks for your password and hands it to `su`. The UI portion doesn't itself need setuid/root. A keyboard could of course keylog you. Don't install random keyboards.
- preisschild 1y agoI'm not an android dev, but the author of that reddit comment (Daniel Micay) is definitely an Android Security expert, so I trust his advice there.
- userbinator 1y agoHe is an "expert", also known as a "corporate mouthpiece".