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Trcx528

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Re: Changing your device password
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2012, 12:13:44 am »
Yes, but it would give him the ability to 'su' so that he could change it to something else. 
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Re: Changing your device password
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2012, 12:49:01 am »
Yeh i know but lets say your friend has your phone and he decides to rm -f / (i know it wont work) to yur phone but he doesnt know yur root password he can diwnload that then blam he can do it. I know its for just in case but still
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Re: Changing your device password
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2012, 05:59:00 pm »
This works because Cydia (along with other apps such as iFile, iFinder, myFile) runs as root, and packages can run bash scripts on installation / removal (which are also run as root).
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