@Yuliy The Nexus S has an internal sdcard which is not removable. I imagine that someone could take apart the phone, remove the chip, and get all the data -- but that takes significantly more work than plugging the phone into a computer and enabling USB Storage.
@Chris In hindsight, kernel recompile seems obvious. Thanks! I would still be interested in other options (ramdisk tweaks, etc). Thanks, Jacob On May 2, 2:17 pm, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 2, 4:44 pm, Yuliy Pisetsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why are you concerned about the SD card being mountable by USB? Can > > you physically glue the battery compartment shut to the point that > > someone couldn't take the SD card out of the phone and mount it that > > way? > > On many devices the "sdcard" is not removable. But even when it is, > this is still a legitimate question - one is unlikely to accidentally > remove the sdcard and insert it in a card reader, but accidentally > plugging the phone into an over eager usb port is a possibility. > > As for an answer, compiling and installing a kernel without USB > drivers would certainly do the trick. There may also be settings that > can be changed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
