G1 Security Flaw

This is actually kind of funny, kind of ridiculous, and kind of frightening all at once! Apparently the t-mobile Android-powered G1 came with a very serious security hole - one which gave owners’ root access upon boot!

This has made for some fun hacker experiments, but alas the window has been closed. T-mobile has issued a security patch for the mistake and run the the fix automatically over the air.

http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS2714843045.html


By Albert on November 12, 2008 8:39 AM

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