Google Fixes Embarrassing Android Bug

[Juicy D. Links]

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/1...-fixes-an.html

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"Some users of T-Mobile's G1 phone found that typing any word on the phone's keyboard ? in any application ? sent whatever they typed to the phone's command line shell.

Those commands were then executed with root user privileges, meaning there were no limitations on what the commands could do to the phone. For instance, texting the word 'reboot' would actually cause the phone to do so."

[munki]

Wow never noticed that bug on mine... had some problems with GPS syncs the first few days, but after the first software update it's been smooth sailing...

[Don Pueblo]

google phone is for fags.

[woj]

Those commands were then executed with root user privileges, meaning there were no limitations on what the commands could do to the phone. For instance, texting the word 'reboot' would actually cause the phone to do so."

Damn, is that for real?!