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Facebook on Android requires Superuser (super user) permission to panic

The recent application of Facebook on Android requires super user rights, which has caused many users to worry because this action will give the app full access to the device, which is understandable after his data scandal. Huge social network with Cambridge Analytica.

The Super User Request Request message only briefly writes 'Give all rights to your device'. This popup originates from the official Facebook application on Android (com.facebook.katana) and starts showing up from last night (UTC time).

Users expressed concern by posting on social networks and seeking advice on what to do.

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Notice the super-user rights claim of the Facebook application on Android

This is not the first time Facebook has requested super user rights. On May 8, many users also reported the occurrence of the above announcements but not as popular as this one.

The first users to receive the superuser permission dialog are from Facebook version 172.0.0.12.93 and today, the second batch appears on Facebook v172.0.0.66.93.

Some security security researchers on Android believe that this popup appears only because of a programming error. Nikolaos Chrysaidos from Avast looks at Facebook's source code and thinks that an SDK has been embedded into the Facebook application, which is WhiteOps SDK, a software development kit to detect phishing ads and implement white lists / Black. 'Perhaps they added the WhiteOps SDK and forgot to re-enforce the ROOT test function, "Chrysaidos said.

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