Google Drops Bluetooth API From Android 1.0

Ian Lamont writes "Google has dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs from the set of tools for Android 1.0, but says that handsets using the Android OS will work with other Bluetooth devices such as headsets. According to a post on the official Android developer blog, Google dropped the Bluetooth API from the mobile OS because 'we plain ran out of time.' The GTalkService API was removed because of security concerns that included the possibility of applications revealing more details about users than they might want to let out, such as their real names and e-mail addresses."

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Re:Huh?

[DittoBox]

The potential for exploits is huge, and with very severe consequences.

You mean, more so than Windows Mobile? Diebold machines work on the same security from obscurity concept, and are also based on the closed source Windows CE. Just because something is locked down or is closed source doesn't make it any easier to crack open. Many would argue the opposite. Please don't spread your anti-FOSS FUD.