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		dingo_bat on April 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are the OSS alternatives to iOS/Andro... What's the "rootkit style"? My searches for "rootkit style installation google play" did not result in anything meaningful.

floatboth on April 6, 2017 [–]

It uses special privileges to run the installation in the background. Google Play Services is frequently called a "rootkit" because of stuff like that.

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