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Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)

Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)

Posted Oct 6, 2010 20:38 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America) by daniel
Parent article: Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)

This won't be Google's doing; I doubt they were consulted one way or another. HTC will have implemented this feature with possible encouragement from the carriers.

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Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)

Posted Oct 6, 2010 20:45 UTC (Wed) by daniel (guest, #3181) [Link]

I'm not sure if I subscribe to the "it was just the underlings" line of defense. After all, HTC is one of Google's handful of AAA manufacturers and supporters. I would find it hard to believe that no Google execs were consulted about HTC's plans in this regard.

Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)

Posted Oct 6, 2010 20:50 UTC (Wed) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link] (1 responses)

The problem is that there is no information whatsoever, at this point, that the feature is designed to make it hard to hack. All we know is that the new phone is different. It might not even be harder at all, it might simply just be different!

Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)

Posted Oct 6, 2010 23:55 UTC (Wed) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link]

Well, it's certainly harder than an ADP which is open and documented by HTC.


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