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		flatiron on Jan 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android in Docker without QEMU/emulator i believe they are referring to the whatsapp bug that the saudi prince used on jeff bezos. simply sending bezos a message gave the saudi prince root access on his phone and he dumped all his messages and photos and released them to the press. running in a vm would just have whatsapp so they can send and receive messages without exposing all the private information on their phone in case of some 0day

qwertox on Jan 4, 2022 [–]

So you would run the VM on a phone? Because if not, you'd need to carry an open and connected laptop around.

Tepix on Jan 5, 2022 | [–]

You could connect to the VM using somelike like TeamViewer running on your phone.

qwertox on Jan 7, 2022 | | [–]

You would run TeamViewer on your phone 24/7 with a persistent connection to a server? Now would you receive the notifications?

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