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		throwaway2048 on April 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give awa... Every single cellphone that uses broadcom wifi (basicly all of them) has remote root via wifi. 95% will never be patched.

militantVagrant on April 12, 2017 [–]

At least there is 5%(Nexus and Pixel) that get patched. The baseband is wide open on 100% of cellphones with a SIM card in them, and it's never getting patched.

Neliquat on April 12, 2017 | [–]

Thats ignoring that GSM and friends are still broken, so your device being rooted is stilp only half the issue.

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