The term "root" is to be understood as "administrator rights".
So once you have opened the PDF or whatever your compromised phone downloads and installs another program that persists after the phone has rebooted. In turn, this program can keep sending those sms or log your data or whatever it does.
"The MAME OS X source is released under an MIT license. However, the core MAME source is covered under its own license. It is not an Open Source license. Thus, the resulting binary is covered under MAME's license, and is subject to its restrictions."
http://mameosx.sourceforge.net/license.php
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I seriously thought the candle on the cake was going to cause the igloo to melt..
The term "root" is to be understood as "administrator rights". So once you have opened the PDF or whatever your compromised phone downloads and installs another program that persists after the phone has rebooted. In turn, this program can keep sending those sms or log your data or whatever it does.
"The MAME OS X source is released under an MIT license. However, the core MAME source is covered under its own license. It is not an Open Source license. Thus, the resulting binary is covered under MAME's license, and is subject to its restrictions." http://mameosx.sourceforge.net/license.php
Arch Hurd is already available so no need to wait for Debian to release anything if you want to try it out. http://www.archhurd.org/