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    Why don't banks like root on Android? (lemmy.world)
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    [–] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Making my point for me. Those short form videos have very little chance of being right or accurate. They may have you going to some sketchy link and download and app that is supposed to do it for you etc etc.

    My point is the people at risk don't know they are participating in a risky activity. (not if they successfully rooted their phone or not).

    [–] zolax@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    ah, okay, that's fair. in terms of short-form social media that tries to engage you, I'd expect little warning and for children especially to take more risks when encountering this type of content.

    Folks with rooted android phones have a high chance of having watched a 12 year old tell them how to root their phone on TicTok.

    I was more focused on this, though, because this sentence implied that you could successfully root your phone with short-form, likely phone-generic tutorials when the process nowadays is much more difficult and technical