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As we reported earlier a security hole in Android RC29 allowed users to get root privileges through telnetd. A root shell is obviously useful for tinkerers, but since a password is not necessary, this ”feature” could allow attackers to cause all kinds of mayhem. It’s not exactly a remote exploit since users have to launch telnetd first, but it’s still rather dangerous considering the implications of a rooted smartphone, so Google has vowed to patch this bug in firmware revision RC30 (or whatever the version number will be). In an email to TG Daily a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying “We’ve been notified of this issue and have developed a fix” and “We’re currently working with our partners to push the fix out and updating the open source code base to reflect these changes.”