Thoughts on shizuku?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨dn3j4n4@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨privacyguides@lemmy.one⁩

I’m concidering to install shizuku with app ops (same dev) to be able to remove system app permissions without rooting. Is this app safe to use or should i search for other options?

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netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Shizuku uses adb to grant apps elevated privileges, which unnecessarily increases attack surface. For security reasons, I would not use it.

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whale@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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- Lemongrab@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Shouldnt be able to brick because it uses ADB debugging. Protected system files still can’t be altered, therefore factory reset would fix and problem with system instability.
  
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catsup@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Something you may have not noticed about AppOps is that you can use it to give fake permissions to the apps so they think that they have a permission but when they try to actually use that permission they don’t get any data from the API.

I personally think that the added attack-surface is worth it for the functionality it provides.

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