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CardJoe · 10th Nov 2008, 13:26

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...s-typed-text/1

A bug in the Android smartphone platform from Google causes text entered on the device's keyboard to be executed by the underlying OS as a root user.

Bauul · 10th Nov 2008, 14:01

Lol, that's quite funny! I'm impressed it took this long to be noticed though.

plagio · 10th Nov 2008, 15:48

This is just crazy.
Hope nobody had a friend called "rm -rf /"

http://xkcd.com/327/

dyzophoria · 10th Nov 2008, 16:25

lol, I think android's OS was pretty much , whats the term.. RUSHED

Nexxo · 10th Nov 2008, 17:26

So... still think the Apple iPhone is overhyped junk?

Flibblebot · 10th Nov 2008, 17:57

Yup, it's just that Apple's now got a partner up there at the top of the hype list

C-Sniper · 10th Nov 2008, 19:06

"rmdir / " weeds out the stupid users

Woodstock · 10th Nov 2008, 19:54

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Originally Posted by C-Sniper

"rmdir / " weeds out the stupid users

no it wont, it will say directory not empty.

shomann · 10th Nov 2008, 20:10

Its a 1.0 release. Yes, it was rushed, but one thing about Google is that they seems to be very quick to fix broken software.

It will be fun to sit back and watch pundits start claiming this will somehow help the iPhone (it's won't). All it will do it inconvenience a few people until the OS is patched.

Nexxo · 10th Nov 2008, 20:15

Er, yeah. Kind of a big boo-boo though isn't it? I can't help but thinking that if this was an iPhone bug people would have been ready to burn effigies of Steve Jobs. But because it's Google Android it's all: "Oh, at least they fixed it quickly... it's just a minor inconvenience...".

Sorry, no. Google Android is a device with great potential and more power to its elbow, but for all people's moaning about Apple, it shows what Apple does best: deliver a quite polished product, first time around. You get what you pay for. Google Android has some growing up to do.

shomann · 10th Nov 2008, 20:19

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Originally Posted by Nexxo

Er, yeah. Kind of a big boo-boo though isn't it? I can't help but thinking that if this was an iPhone bug people would have been ready to burn effigies of Steve Jobs. But because it's Google Android it's all: "Oh, at least they fixed it quickly... it's just a minor inconvenience...".

Sorry, no. Google Android is a device with great potential and more power to its elbow, but for all people's moaning about Apple, it shows what Apple does best: deliver a quite polished product, first time around. You get what you pay for. Google Android has some growing up to do.

This is all true. In fact, I would make the argument that the iPhone 1.0 OS is better than the current one (2.1). I should have mentioned I am an iPhone user and it is the single best mobile platform I have used - by far. This is mostly due to Apple's tight integration of hardware and software. Well, that and a OS that makes sense.

Still, competition is a good thing and Android could be a real winner. Will people put up with a troubled infancy? Time will tell.

Jojii · 10th Nov 2008, 21:08

What happened to "OPEN." Wasent that a selling point of android?

TheoGeo · 10th Nov 2008, 21:40

and you wonder why most of their software and services stay in beta so long

Impossible · 10th Nov 2008, 23:33

Whats hard to figure out is the rc30 thats touted above seams to be the US version....

The UK model has TC5-RC7 on is.. I cant find any info if its 23 releases behind or a seperate fork for the UK version.

=(

Imp

desertstalker · 11th Nov 2008, 01:37

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Originally Posted by TheoGeo

and you wonder why most of their software and services stay in beta so long

Because it doesn't come out of beta till it works properly

dyzophoria · 11th Nov 2008, 15:20

honestly, I would accept the "atleast google fixes its bug more quickly" argument, but what troubles me is the severity of the bugs, atleast other developer's bug includes deep exploits on system files, buffer overflows, etc, but look at the android's early bugs, a simple run a program to enable another program and viola, root access, type enter-reboot-enter anywhere while these are run with full root access, is it me or is it just too obvious how sloppy the development team at google is.

Spaceraver · 12th Nov 2008, 06:00

Hmm. So the coders at Google forgot they were developing for an out of the house application so to speak?

TheoGeo. At least Google has the balls to keep calling it beta untill it works. Microsoft does not.

notatoad · 12th Nov 2008, 07:08

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Originally Posted by Jojii

What happened to "OPEN." Wasent that a selling point of android?

what does that have to do with anything? are you saying that open software shouldn't have any bugs, or that open software should execute everything that is typed into it?

Gareth Halfacree · 12th Nov 2008, 08:10

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Originally Posted by Spaceraver

TheoGeo. At least Google has the balls to keep calling it beta untill it works. Microsoft does not.

Except, of course, Android - which is version 1.0 and has enjoyed a full retail release. Ironically, Google seems to have fewer issues with the stuff it does label as beta.

10th Nov 2008, 13:26	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	Android flaw executed typed text http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...s-typed-text/1 A bug in the Android smartphone platform from Google causes text entered on the device's keyboard to be executed by the underlying OS as a root user. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

10th Nov 2008, 14:01	#2
Bauul Sir Bongaminge Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Godalming, near Guildford Posts: 1,553	Lol, that's quite funny! I'm impressed it took this long to be noticed though. __________________ Pentium 4 CPU 3.4 Ghz \| 1Gb + 2x512Mb Corsair DDR2 667 Mhz Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512Mb\| WD Raptor 36Gb, Seagate 300Gb \| Asus P5LD2 SE Ibanez RG 470 Japanese Edition \| 1991 Japanese Lo-TRS Tremolo \| V7 S1 Custom V8 HSH Pickups

10th Nov 2008, 15:48	#3
plagio Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 140	This is just crazy. Hope nobody had a friend called "rm -rf /" http://xkcd.com/327/ Last edited by plagio; 10th Nov 2008 at 15:58.

10th Nov 2008, 16:25	#4
dyzophoria Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Home Posts: 160	lol, I think android's OS was pretty much , whats the term.. RUSHED __________________ [FONT=Lucida Console]picture this..[/FONT] // [FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Fixedsys]picture that..[/FONT][/FONT]

10th Nov 2008, 17:26	#5
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,088	So... still think the Apple iPhone is overhyped junk? __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

10th Nov 2008, 17:57	#6
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10th Nov 2008, 20:10	#9
shomann Supermodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 290	Its a 1.0 release. Yes, it was rushed, but one thing about Google is that they seems to be very quick to fix broken software. It will be fun to sit back and watch pundits start claiming this will somehow help the iPhone (it's won't). All it will do it inconvenience a few people until the OS is patched. __________________ Current Gaming Rig: ABIT AN8-32X \| Opteron 165 (@ 2.7 GHz) \| eVGA 7900 GTO Lappy: Apple 15" MBP Santa Rosa \| 2.4 GHz \| 4GB RAM \| 500GB \| 256MB 8600 GT-M NAS: Jetway JNC62K \| AMD 4850e 2.5 GHz AM2 \| 2GB RAM \| 2.7 TB RAID-5

10th Nov 2008, 20:15	#10
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,088	Er, yeah. Kind of a big boo-boo though isn't it? I can't help but thinking that if this was an iPhone bug people would have been ready to burn effigies of Steve Jobs. But because it's Google Android it's all: "Oh, at least they fixed it quickly... it's just a minor inconvenience...". Sorry, no. Google Android is a device with great potential and more power to its elbow, but for all people's moaning about Apple, it shows what Apple does best: deliver a quite polished product, first time around. You get what you pay for. Google Android has some growing up to do. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

10th Nov 2008, 21:08	#12
Jojii hardware freak Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nevada, USA Posts: 121	What happened to "OPEN." Wasent that a selling point of android?

10th Nov 2008, 21:40	#13
TheoGeo What are these goddamn animals?! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 2,205	and you wonder why most of their software and services stay in beta so long __________________ My Deviance -- My Music Athlon X2 4400+ -- 2GB Corsair XMS -- Geforce 7800GT -- Abit AN8-SLI -- 24" BenQ fp241w -- 74 gig raptor -- 1.6TB total storage -- 530w tagan psu Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

10th Nov 2008, 23:33	#14
Impossible Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cov Posts: 88	Whats hard to figure out is the rc30 thats touted above seams to be the US version.... The UK model has TC5-RC7 on is.. I cant find any info if its 23 releases behind or a seperate fork for the UK version. =( Imp

11th Nov 2008, 15:20	#16
dyzophoria Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Home Posts: 160	honestly, I would accept the "atleast google fixes its bug more quickly" argument, but what troubles me is the severity of the bugs, atleast other developer's bug includes deep exploits on system files, buffer overflows, etc, but look at the android's early bugs, a simple run a program to enable another program and viola, root access, type enter-reboot-enter anywhere while these are run with full root access, is it me or is it just too obvious how sloppy the development team at google is. __________________ [FONT=Lucida Console]picture this..[/FONT] // [FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Fixedsys]picture that..[/FONT][/FONT]

12th Nov 2008, 06:00	#17
Spaceraver Weekend Junkie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kolding, Denmark Posts: 1,304	Hmm. So the coders at Google forgot they were developing for an out of the house application so to speak? TheoGeo. At least Google has the balls to keep calling it beta untill it works. Microsoft does not. __________________ "Faith: not wanting to know what is true." - Friedrich Nietzsche. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca Last thing I remember, I was drinking this glowing green sht out of a test tube and dancing like a bstard.