Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Jussi Laako <[email protected]>wrote:

> On 21.1.2014 10:38, José Bollo wrote:
>
>> IMHO, SDB is integrated with the developer tools and that is really
>> good. But it is not sure at all: you can become root on the device
>> without being asked for any password, just a USB cable is needed. Also
>> SDB is a component that is not common, not proven, not linked to PAM,
>> and, that must be maintained at our cost. Just my 2 coins.
>>
>
> SDB should require enabling developer mode on the device itself, it
> shouldn't be enabled by default. Just like ADB (or whatever it was called)
> on my Android devices. I've enabled it once to flash CyanogenMOD.
>

SDB should definitely not be on by default.  Doing so goes against a number
of different security principals including reducing attackable surface area
and least privilege.

Ryan
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