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Update readme to clarify when the root cloak tests we valid
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## Disclaimer and limitations!

We love root! both [Scott](https://github.com/scottyab) and [Mat](https://github.com/stealthcopter) (the main contributors) use rooted devices. But we appreciate sometimes you might want to have a indication your app is running on a rooted handset. Plus we wanted to see if we could beat the root cloakers. So that's what this library gives you, an *indication* of root.
We love root! both [Scott](https://github.com/scottyab) and [Mat](https://github.com/stealthcopter) (the creators) own and use rooted devices (albeit not as daily driver). However we appreciate it can be useful to have an indication your app is running on a rooted device. Plus as hackday style project we wanted to see if we could beat the root cloakers at the time in 2015.

Remember **root==god**, so there's no 100% way to check for root.
Remember **root==god**, so there's no 100% guaranteed way to check for root! treat this as an *indication* of root.

<img src="./art/rootbeerjesus.png" width=200 />


### Root cloakers
We've tested the Rootbeer lib and it shows an indication of root when testing with the following root cloak apps. However Rootbeer is defeated when using a combination of the root cloakers activated at the same time.

In **2015** we successfully tested Rootbeer and it flagged an indication of root when testing with the following root cloak apps. However Rootbeer was defeated when using a combination of the root cloakers activated at the same time.

Tested cloakers:

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```java
dependencies {
implementation 'com.scottyab:rootbeer-lib:0.0.8'
implementation 'com.scottyab:rootbeer-lib:0.0.9'
}
```

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