Changes proposed for ADB could kill an entire ecosystem of open-source power-user apps, mobile developer setups, and rootless privacy tools based on Shizuku.
Before we dive in, please note that this is not an official Google announcement. Instead, this is based on a recent, ongoing feature request on Google IssueTracker , in which a comment by one of the core ADB maintainers (Google employee) talked about restricting On-Device ADB connections to protect from “bad actors”.
Before you stop what you are doing to head over to that IssueTracker thread, please read this carefully:
If you plan to visit the issue tracker just to post low-quality comments (such as “Hey, don’t do this, I need Shizuku!” ), complaints about monopoly, or insults, I highly recommend that you refrain from doing so. Spamming the thread will only cause Google developers to lock the issue, ignore valuable community feedback, or stop sharing public updates about this change entirely.
Top comment
"I am generally in favor of security improvements, but I do not really see much of a benefit here. This attack vector requires both that the user enabled developer settings and that they have remote adb enabled. So, this does not seem to be a realistic attack vector for 99.9% of t"
By: microtonal