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Originally Posted by nynaevelan
Therefore, if you do not use strange files where you cannot verify the source, then you are in no danger.
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Not quite. What the guy I'm liking to is arguing is that since the Kindle Touch has such a messy firmware, if you are visiting a web site using the Kindle Web Browser that have a MP3 player playing music in the background and that MP3 files is a malicious one, that MP3 files could install a hack onto your Kindle in order to take remotely control of it. That is, he is not talking about a file you have sideloaded onto your Kindle, but a file that you come across when you are using the Web Browser.
Even more, this hack could be installed without actually downloading anything to your Kindle. The only thing needed is that you visit that site with a malicious Mp3 files playing in the background.
That is the risk and it is really serious.