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Comment by 2bitencryption

Question about private api's:

What makes a private api private? Is it merely undocumented, but still usable in the exact same way as a "public" api? I.e., in my code I invoke it like normal, but I just need to know the name?

Or do I have to fiddle with the compiled code of my app to get it to call the instruction location of the otherwise invisible function?

If they were meant to be private, why can't the app, which surely runs in some underpriviledged mode, be blocked from calling the function, which knows it itself is privileged?

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