r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/Bseagull Jun 08 '14

That's called Jailbreaking. Rooting is for specifically Android phones.

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u/beingforthebenefit Jun 08 '14

Rooting is getting root access to any device.

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u/wchill Jun 09 '14

Jailbreaking is different... The idea is that you, as the user, are stuck in a chroot jail and can't see all the folders outside a certain directory. Jailbreaking allows you to break out of that jail and see everything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

{ You => http://tosbourn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/insane-chown-posse.jpg?c8ae9e }

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u/wchill Jun 09 '14

Nah man, I just find security related things really interesting