Android Community
May 18, 2021
John Wu, the creator of Magisk, an Android open-source root injection and root management tool has joined the ranks at Google, as per his latest tweets. The well-known developer was on the Siri core platform internship at Apple in 2019 – only to start a full-time job at Apple (in early 2020) working on the Machine Translation software. Now, John will join the very company, of which he helped million gain root access.
His profile at one of the biggest technology companies in the world is to be a part of the Android Platform Security Team. Yes, folks, the team responsible for full-proofing the Android framework from notorious vulnerabilities and ensuring the safety of development practices followed by associated app developers.
Magisk creator John Wu joins Google s Android Security team
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Android rooting tool developer joins Google Android security team
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Google hires an Android community rooting guru
Magisk developer Hung-Lin John Wu (aka topjohnwu at many venues) has just started working for Google on the Android Platform Security team, no less. For those without the context to pick up on the irony, that means John Wu is now working for the group inside Google that Magisk and SafetyNet-circumventing Magisk Hide have been playing cat and mouse with for the last several years. However, it sounds like he ll be able to continue working on Magisk in his free time.
It s official!
Starting today, I m joining the Android Platform Security team @Google