That's kind of how I understood it. In their press release they talked about "compliance to the standard", which I don't think is the same with "smartphone vend

That's kind of how I understood it. In their press release they talked about "compliance to the standard", which I don't think is the same with "smartphone vendor-only". And I think the user can modify this control somehow from the devices themselves. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160412005983/en/USB-3.0-Promoter-Group-Defines-Authentication-Protocol http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160412005983/en/USB-...