Issue #1365
closed
Install from unknown sources and adb enabled by default
Added by Wolfgang Wiedmeyer over 8 years ago.
Updated over 4 years ago.
Description
Replicant allows by default the installation of apps from unknown sources. As F-Droid nowadays works perfectly without this setting enabled, there is IMHO no reason to keep it enabled.
Having adb enabled by default might be a nice thing for developing and for advanced tasks, but it also adds a big attack vector. There are at the moment alone two open security bugs related to adb on this issue tracker and there might be more yet unpatched. People who need adb will very likely know how to enable it.
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Well, I'm not in doubt that this is correct, (please also check this post: http://redmine.replicant.us/boards/39/topics/8079?r=8895#message-8895).
But I think this could lead to some user-requests, because some wiki entries relating to the fact, that ADB is enabled by default. (OK the wiki entries could also be modified).
In short, I (personally) would appreciate this change for security reasons, too.
- Device Not device specific added
- Device added
- Device deleted (
Not device specific)
In Replicant 6.0, ADB is disabled by default and installation from unknown sources is disabled by default. The wiki pages are adapted accordingly.
- Target version set to Replicant 4.2
- Status changed from New to Closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
This issue has been closed because Replicant 4.2 is no longer supported or maintained.
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