From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Java Jive,   
      
   > I fail to see how this could have plugged any security hole!   
      
   When a phones battery is going low there are people who do not see any   
   problems with plugging their USB cable into an available USB port somewhere   
   (at work, while traveling).  Some companies even have special "charger   
   ports" for that.   
      
   Now imagine you have data-transfer enabled, and some black hat is just   
   waiting for you to plug your smartphone into their puter / manipulated   
   charger port.   
      
   This "confirm data exchange" step has been added *to protect you* from that.   
      
   Yes, its a nuissance when you only plug your phone into your own 'puter   
   and/or only charge it with your own known-to-be-good wall-wart.   For all   
   other cases - for the majority of users  - they get warned about an   
   attempted malicious(?) access to their phone.  Which is a good thing.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)