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It is interesting because there was concern about rooted phones, especially for people like me, because I left ADB debug mode on. For the uninitiated, this USB bridge is like a serial connection that can, among a lot of things, open a terminal on the device.

The newest versions of ADB mode in Android have settings to address this. But at the time this was a big deal in the Android community (or I should say XDA), one recognized dev developed an app for it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson....

I am glad all phone platforms are getting wise to these things.

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