CyanogenMod disables root access by default

[jericko]

Security and You | CyanogenMod

Many of you may not give it a second glance, but among all the furor and concern about permissions requested by market apps and privacy, all Custom ROMs (CyanogenMod included) ship with one major security risk

 

[colchiro]

Looks like that will be tonight's build and moving forward.

Guess I'm going to sit this one out. I don't feel like a martyr.

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[awells527]

I think it's a good idea. People that need root don't lose anything and it's not an open security hole for those that don't need it.

 

[colchiro]

It's going to be a pain in the a$$ to have to set after every update.

 

[Deleted User]

It's going to be a pain in the a$$ to have to set after every update.

One check box is a huge pain?

Also, do you have a reason to believe you have to re-set it after every update? No other OS settings are lost after an update. I was looking through the text and couldn't find an indication that you'd have to re-set it every time.