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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 tea...

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...