diff --git a/adb/adb.cpp b/adb/adb.cpp
index 65fa2e7..702a5a2 100644
--- a/adb/adb.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
                    << connection_str.length() << ")";
     }
 
-    cp->payload = std::move(connection_str);
+    cp->payload.assign(connection_str.begin(), connection_str.end());
     cp->msg.data_length = cp->payload.size();
 
     send_packet(cp, t);
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@
     handle_offline(t);
 
     t->update_version(p->msg.arg0, p->msg.arg1);
-    parse_banner(p->payload, t);
+    std::string banner(p->payload.begin(), p->payload.end());
+    parse_banner(banner, t);
 
 #if ADB_HOST
     handle_online(t);
@@ -369,8 +370,10 @@
                 send_auth_response(p->payload.data(), p->msg.data_length, t);
                 break;
 #else
-            case ADB_AUTH_SIGNATURE:
-                if (adbd_auth_verify(t->token, sizeof(t->token), p->payload)) {
+            case ADB_AUTH_SIGNATURE: {
+                // TODO: Switch to string_view.
+                std::string signature(p->payload.begin(), p->payload.end());
+                if (adbd_auth_verify(t->token, sizeof(t->token), signature)) {
                     adbd_auth_verified(t);
                     t->failed_auth_attempts = 0;
                 } else {
@@ -378,6 +381,7 @@
                     send_auth_request(t);
                 }
                 break;
+            }
 
             case ADB_AUTH_RSAPUBLICKEY:
                 adbd_auth_confirm_key(p->payload.data(), p->msg.data_length, t);
@@ -392,7 +396,9 @@
 
     case A_OPEN: /* OPEN(local-id, 0, "destination") */
         if (t->online && p->msg.arg0 != 0 && p->msg.arg1 == 0) {
-            asocket* s = create_local_service_socket(p->payload.c_str(), t);
+            // TODO: Switch to string_view.
+            std::string address(p->payload.begin(), p->payload.end());
+            asocket* s = create_local_service_socket(address.c_str(), t);
             if (s == nullptr) {
                 send_close(0, p->msg.arg0, t);
             } else {
diff --git a/adb/adb.h b/adb/adb.h
index c74fa99..86da43c 100644
--- a/adb/adb.h
+++ b/adb/adb.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "adb_trace.h"
 #include "fdevent.h"
 #include "socket.h"
+#include "types.h"
 #include "usb.h"
 
 constexpr size_t MAX_PAYLOAD_V1 = 4 * 1024;
@@ -63,20 +64,6 @@
 using TransportId = uint64_t;
 class atransport;
 
-struct amessage {
-    uint32_t command;     /* command identifier constant      */
-    uint32_t arg0;        /* first argument                   */
-    uint32_t arg1;        /* second argument                  */
-    uint32_t data_length; /* length of payload (0 is allowed) */
-    uint32_t data_check;  /* checksum of data payload         */
-    uint32_t magic;       /* command ^ 0xffffffff             */
-};
-
-struct apacket {
-    amessage msg;
-    std::string payload;
-};
-
 uint32_t calculate_apacket_checksum(const apacket* packet);
 
 /* the adisconnect structure is used to record a callback that
diff --git a/adb/client/auth.cpp b/adb/client/auth.cpp
index c3aef16..ade2623 100644
--- a/adb/client/auth.cpp
+++ b/adb/client/auth.cpp
@@ -454,10 +454,8 @@
     p->msg.command = A_AUTH;
     p->msg.arg0 = ADB_AUTH_RSAPUBLICKEY;
 
-    p->payload = std::move(key);
-
     // adbd expects a null-terminated string.
-    p->payload.push_back('\0');
+    p->payload.assign(key.data(), key.data() + key.size() + 1);
     p->msg.data_length = p->payload.size();
     send_packet(p, t);
 }
@@ -482,7 +480,7 @@
 
     p->msg.command = A_AUTH;
     p->msg.arg0 = ADB_AUTH_SIGNATURE;
-    p->payload = std::move(result);
+    p->payload.assign(result.begin(), result.end());
     p->msg.data_length = p->payload.size();
     send_packet(p, t);
 }
diff --git a/adb/daemon/jdwp_service.cpp b/adb/daemon/jdwp_service.cpp
index 9761558..89577cb 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/jdwp_service.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/jdwp_service.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
     delete s;
 }
 
-static int jdwp_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, std::string) {
+static int jdwp_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, apacket::payload_type) {
     /* you can't write to this asocket */
     D("LS(%d): JDWP socket received data?", s->id);
     s->peer->close(s->peer);
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
      * on the second one, close the connection
      */
     if (!jdwp->pass) {
-        std::string data;
+        apacket::payload_type data;
         data.resize(s->get_max_payload());
         size_t len = jdwp_process_list(&data[0], data.size());
         data.resize(len);
@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@
     for (auto& t : _jdwp_trackers) {
         if (t->peer) {
             // The tracker might not have been connected yet.
-            t->peer->enqueue(t->peer, data);
+            apacket::payload_type payload(data.begin(), data.end());
+            t->peer->enqueue(t->peer, std::move(payload));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@
     JdwpTracker* t = (JdwpTracker*)s;
 
     if (t->need_initial) {
-        std::string data;
+        apacket::payload_type data;
         data.resize(s->get_max_payload());
         data.resize(jdwp_process_list_msg(&data[0], data.size()));
         t->need_initial = false;
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-static int jdwp_tracker_enqueue(asocket* s, std::string) {
+static int jdwp_tracker_enqueue(asocket* s, apacket::payload_type) {
     /* you can't write to this socket */
     D("LS(%d): JDWP tracker received data?", s->id);
     s->peer->close(s->peer);
diff --git a/adb/range.h b/adb/range.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a0b822..0000000
--- a/adb/range.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
-
-struct Range {
-    explicit Range(std::string data) : data_(std::move(data)) {}
-
-    Range(const Range& copy) = delete;
-    Range& operator=(const Range& copy) = delete;
-
-    Range(Range&& move) = default;
-    Range& operator=(Range&& move) = default;
-
-    bool empty() const {
-        return size() == 0;
-    }
-
-    size_t size() const {
-        return data_.size() - begin_offset_ - end_offset_;
-    };
-
-    void drop_front(size_t n) {
-        CHECK_GE(size(), n);
-        begin_offset_ += n;
-    }
-
-    void drop_end(size_t n) {
-        CHECK_GE(size(), n);
-        end_offset_ += n;
-    }
-
-    char* data() {
-        return &data_[0] + begin_offset_;
-    }
-
-    std::string::iterator begin() {
-        return data_.begin() + begin_offset_;
-    }
-
-    std::string::iterator end() {
-        return data_.end() - end_offset_;
-    }
-
-    std::string data_;
-    size_t begin_offset_ = 0;
-    size_t end_offset_ = 0;
-};
diff --git a/adb/socket.h b/adb/socket.h
index 2f09080..e8cb58b 100644
--- a/adb/socket.h
+++ b/adb/socket.h
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "fdevent.h"
-#include "range.h"
+#include "types.h"
 
-struct apacket;
 class atransport;
 
 /* An asocket represents one half of a connection between a local and
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@
      * peer->ready() when we once again are ready to
      * receive data.
      */
-    int (*enqueue)(asocket* s, std::string data) = nullptr;
+    int (*enqueue)(asocket* s, apacket::payload_type data) = nullptr;
 
     /* ready is called by the peer when it is ready for
      * us to send data via enqueue again
diff --git a/adb/socket_test.cpp b/adb/socket_test.cpp
index 6c4a8b2..04214a2 100644
--- a/adb/socket_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/socket_test.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         // each write to give the underlying implementation time to flush.
         bool socket_filled = false;
         for (int i = 0; i < 128; ++i) {
-            std::string data;
+            apacket::payload_type data;
             data.resize(MAX_PAYLOAD);
             arg->bytes_written += data.size();
             int ret = s->enqueue(s, std::move(data));
diff --git a/adb/sockets.cpp b/adb/sockets.cpp
index 0887e6f..f3fce27 100644
--- a/adb/sockets.cpp
+++ b/adb/sockets.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
 #include "adb.h"
 #include "adb_io.h"
-#include "range.h"
 #include "transport.h"
+#include "types.h"
 
 static std::recursive_mutex& local_socket_list_lock = *new std::recursive_mutex();
 static unsigned local_socket_next_id = 1;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 // Returns false if the socket has been closed and destroyed as a side-effect of this function.
 static bool local_socket_flush_outgoing(asocket* s) {
     const size_t max_payload = s->get_max_payload();
-    std::string data;
+    apacket::payload_type data;
     data.resize(max_payload);
     char* x = &data[0];
     size_t avail = max_payload;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-static int local_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, std::string data) {
+static int local_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, apacket::payload_type data) {
     D("LS(%d): enqueue %zu", s->id, data.size());
 
     Range r(std::move(data));
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
 }
 #endif /* ADB_HOST */
 
-static int remote_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, std::string data) {
+static int remote_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, apacket::payload_type data) {
     D("entered remote_socket_enqueue RS(%d) WRITE fd=%d peer.fd=%d", s->id, s->fd, s->peer->fd);
     apacket* p = get_apacket();
 
@@ -476,8 +476,7 @@
     p->msg.arg0 = s->id;
 
     // adbd expects a null-terminated string.
-    p->payload = destination;
-    p->payload.push_back('\0');
+    p->payload.assign(destination, destination + strlen(destination) + 1);
     p->msg.data_length = p->payload.size();
 
     if (p->msg.data_length > s->get_max_payload()) {
@@ -612,7 +611,7 @@
 
 #endif  // ADB_HOST
 
-static int smart_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, std::string data) {
+static int smart_socket_enqueue(asocket* s, apacket::payload_type data) {
 #if ADB_HOST
     char* service = nullptr;
     char* serial = nullptr;
@@ -623,7 +622,8 @@
     D("SS(%d): enqueue %zu", s->id, data.size());
 
     if (s->smart_socket_data.empty()) {
-        s->smart_socket_data = std::move(data);
+        // TODO: Make this a BlockChain?
+        s->smart_socket_data.assign(data.begin(), data.end());
     } else {
         std::copy(data.begin(), data.end(), std::back_inserter(s->smart_socket_data));
     }
diff --git a/adb/transport.cpp b/adb/transport.cpp
index 2867d38..92c52e2 100644
--- a/adb/transport.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
     delete tracker;
 }
 
-static int device_tracker_enqueue(asocket* socket, std::string) {
+static int device_tracker_enqueue(asocket* socket, apacket::payload_type) {
     /* you can't read from a device tracker, close immediately */
     device_tracker_close(socket);
     return -1;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 static int device_tracker_send(device_tracker* tracker, const std::string& string) {
     asocket* peer = tracker->socket.peer;
 
-    std::string data;
+    apacket::payload_type data;
     data.resize(4 + string.size());
     char buf[5];
     snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%04x", static_cast<int>(string.size()));
diff --git a/adb/types.h b/adb/types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd3e063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+
+#include "sysdeps/memory.h"
+
+// Essentially std::vector<char>, except without zero initialization or reallocation.
+struct Block {
+    using iterator = char*;
+
+    Block() {}
+
+    explicit Block(size_t size) { allocate(size); }
+
+    template <typename Iterator>
+    Block(Iterator begin, Iterator end) : Block(end - begin) {
+        std::copy(begin, end, data_);
+    }
+
+    Block(const Block& copy) = delete;
+    Block(Block&& move) {
+        std::swap(data_, move.data_);
+        std::swap(capacity_, move.capacity_);
+        std::swap(size_, move.size_);
+    }
+
+    Block& operator=(const Block& copy) = delete;
+    Block& operator=(Block&& move) {
+        clear();
+
+        std::swap(data_, move.data_);
+        std::swap(capacity_, move.capacity_);
+        std::swap(size_, move.size_);
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    ~Block() { clear(); }
+
+    void resize(size_t new_size) {
+        if (!data_) {
+            allocate(new_size);
+        } else {
+            CHECK_GE(capacity_, new_size);
+            size_ = new_size;
+        }
+    }
+
+    template <typename InputIt>
+    void assign(InputIt begin, InputIt end) {
+        clear();
+        allocate(end - begin);
+        std::copy(begin, end, data_);
+    }
+
+    void clear() {
+        free(data_);
+        capacity_ = 0;
+        size_ = 0;
+    }
+
+    size_t capacity() const { return capacity_; }
+    size_t size() const { return size_; }
+    bool empty() const { return size() == 0; }
+
+    char* data() { return data_; }
+    const char* data() const { return data_; }
+
+    char* begin() { return data_; }
+    const char* begin() const { return data_; }
+
+    char* end() { return data() + size_; }
+    const char* end() const { return data() + size_; }
+
+    char& operator[](size_t idx) { return data()[idx]; }
+    const char& operator[](size_t idx) const { return data()[idx]; }
+
+    bool operator==(const Block& rhs) const {
+        return size() == rhs.size() && memcmp(data(), rhs.data(), size()) == 0;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    void allocate(size_t size) {
+        CHECK(data_ == nullptr);
+        CHECK_EQ(0ULL, capacity_);
+        CHECK_EQ(0ULL, size_);
+        if (size != 0) {
+            data_ = static_cast<char*>(malloc(size));
+            capacity_ = size;
+            size_ = size;
+        }
+    }
+
+    char* data_ = nullptr;
+    size_t capacity_ = 0;
+    size_t size_ = 0;
+};
+
+struct amessage {
+    uint32_t command;     /* command identifier constant      */
+    uint32_t arg0;        /* first argument                   */
+    uint32_t arg1;        /* second argument                  */
+    uint32_t data_length; /* length of payload (0 is allowed) */
+    uint32_t data_check;  /* checksum of data payload         */
+    uint32_t magic;       /* command ^ 0xffffffff             */
+};
+
+struct apacket {
+    using payload_type = Block;
+    amessage msg;
+    payload_type payload;
+};
+
+struct Range {
+    explicit Range(apacket::payload_type data) : data_(std::move(data)) {}
+
+    Range(const Range& copy) = delete;
+    Range& operator=(const Range& copy) = delete;
+
+    Range(Range&& move) = default;
+    Range& operator=(Range&& move) = default;
+
+    size_t size() const { return data_.size() - begin_offset_ - end_offset_; };
+    bool empty() const { return size() == 0; }
+
+    void drop_front(size_t n) {
+        CHECK_GE(size(), n);
+        begin_offset_ += n;
+    }
+
+    void drop_end(size_t n) {
+        CHECK_GE(size(), n);
+        end_offset_ += n;
+    }
+
+    char* data() { return &data_[0] + begin_offset_; }
+
+    apacket::payload_type::iterator begin() { return data_.begin() + begin_offset_; }
+    apacket::payload_type::iterator end() { return data_.end() - end_offset_; }
+
+    apacket::payload_type data_;
+    size_t begin_offset_ = 0;
+    size_t end_offset_ = 0;
+};