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my brother in Christ, people who root their phones don't fall for "Hello sir, I'm sir John from Microsoft, you have virus sir, please do the needful install ant
by vlian2088 4mo ago
my brother in Christ, people who root their phones don't fall for "Hello sir, I'm sir John from Microsoft, you have virus sir, please do the needful install antivirus and send gift card sir."
- gruez 4mo agoRight, instead they download shady magisk modules that promise them free fortnite skins.
- Fnoord 4mo ago1) Anyone can fall for a scam. Especially those who believe they wouldn't fall for a scam. This is why ridiculing those who fall for [a] scam is harmful, and serves scammers. 2) You can root a smartphone for someone else's usage. For example, I can install pmOS on a smartphone and hand it over to my kid.
- armadyl 4mo agoYou’re right, they just fall for installing updates or CLI tools which install compromised dependencies and run wild on a rooted system before getting caught 24 hours later.
- vlian2088 4mo agoon their phones? also, 'rooted' means you have root access, not that you run everything as root.