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From the "why didn't anyone think of this before" folder.

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To: postmaster@kernel.org
Subject: Linux + WebKit for my phone

Hi,
Can I ask your community one customized os with only kernel Linux with WebKit without windows manager x11, openbox.......... Only WebKit direct on
framebuffer?

No money for this project.
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@monsieuricon "no money for this project" is the real chef'skiss there

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@monsieuricon webkit as kernel module
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@a1ba @monsieuricon maybe it's a ez android rootkit request in disguise think_nyan
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@monsieuricon does anyone have any insight into the minds that can make these requests in earnest?

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@mario @monsieuricon most android devices already have a rootkit preinstalled
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@a1ba @monsieuricon but (at least afaik) webkit vulnerabilities are faaaaar easier to exploit than going the "regular" way get root privileges on a given android installation think_nyan
and when it's a kernel module, that exploit would gib you kernel privileges.
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@mario @monsieuricon isn't webkit vulns mostly used to jailbreak ps4
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@a1ba @monsieuricon it was also used for iOS and Nintendo OSes blobcatlaugh
chances are, if you have a device that doesn't get bleeding-edge updates for webkit, it's exploitable
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@a1ba @monsieuricon i memeber going to the apple store and just doing https://jailbreak.me on every™ iOS device there blobcatfireeyes
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@a1ba heck, boot straight into webkit
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@mario @a1ba that's one way to "think different"
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@monsieuricon pretty sure WPE WebKit literally allows this use case lol.
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