Install "superuser" (used to be in market, not sure where it is now.)

Or JF's ADP1 image, which has it by default. (http://jf.andblogs.net/)

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Marco Bridge <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> I recently got an ADP1,
> one of the first applications i tried is Terminal Emulator by Google.
>
> Entering 'su' at the prompt is sufficient to get a root shell, without
> any password.
>
> Isn't that a security issue?
> For example, can't another application obtain the same privileges and
> do whatever on my phone?
> Moreover the only 'permission' required by the terminal app is
> 'network access',
> 'root access' is not mentioned..
>
> I suppose this is possible for ADP1 only,
> but since i use mine as a main phone, can i turn this off?
> (i.e. require a password at least)
>
> Ciao
> M
>
>
>

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