guys check this out...interesting article from the unrevoked boys

[jay2thab]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/10/unrevoked-releases-details-on-now-patched-security-vulnerabilities-in-evo-hero/

 

[pwnst*r]

Yikes. One of those exploits was exactly why ShootMe worked before this last OTA update and not after.

 

[EarlyMon]

Scary. And just a short few week ago, we were contemplating Android surety and security.

+100 for that informative link.

Now - here are two others that cover essentially the same thing - the second one's language may be more accessible to some.

In any case - pay close attention to both methods open to Google: to remotely install or remove applications.

Note well Google's "No comment" to the former.

Google's remote Android app installer explained ? The Register

Android has remote install, as well as remote kill, capability

Oh - Big Brother - We WANT You!

The corporate evil and social irresponsibility is completely apparent. Sorry for an unwanted song - it's just that I often find that sometimes art expresses my outrage most poignantly, distilling archetypes that we seem to never escape or outgrow.

{MANY expletives deleted}

 

[EarlyMon]

Yikes. One of those exploits was exactly why ShootMe worked before this last OTA update and not after.

Oh, hell.

I'm rooted with the 1.47.xxxxx update - and ShootMe stills works.

Ducky. Just frakkin' ducky.

 

[mityman50]

Sorry if I'm pissy but how hard is it to hyperlink? Jeesh, I've been trying for a solid five minutes to copy paste that and It's a bitch because I'm on my phone. And when I finally got it, the link didn't work!

 

[Doomstang]

Sorry if I'm pissy but how hard is it to hyperlink? Jeesh, I've been trying for a solid five minutes to copy paste that and It's a bitch because I'm on my phone. And when I finally got it, the link didn't work!

Lol let me help you out then. The link is here:
unrEVOked Releases Details On Now-Patched Security Vulnerabilities In EVO, Hero | Android News, Reviews, Applications, Games, Phones, Devices, Tips, Hacks, Videos, Podcasts - Android Police