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Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone (gizmodo.com)

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 5 months ago

I remember this feature, and I wish it was a standard Android feature. It sounds like it would be trivial to implement and could be completely optional.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder if tasker could do it... 🤔

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 5 months ago

I don’t think applications can reboot the phone.

[-] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Technically they can.....but it requires root which within the context of this conversation yeah, you're right, lol

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