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ixtab · 07-09-2012, 03:17 AM

Woah... guys, it's not like I want to spoil the party. This is indeed a very nice project, and I'm seriously impressed (honest!).

However, it will necessarily come to an end, rather sooner than later. After all, you're exploiting a serious security flaw on the Kindle, which is on Amazon's radar, and which either has been fixed with that ominous 5.1.1 FW (which we're all craving for, but noone seems to have been able to publish yet), or will be fixed soon.

In fact, I don't understand at all how, a month after the publishing of such a gaping vulnerability (and they *were* alerted to it), Amazon can still not give a fuck about their customers', and their own security. I'm seriously puzzled.

The point is ... this security hole should have actually been closed yesterday - but it hopefully (from a security standpoint) will be closed soon.

All IMO of course, but just before you spend too much effort...

... just sayin'.

PS: just to make that clear again: I really DO appreciate your work -- I'm just wondering whether the effort will be well-spent in the long run.

07-09-2012, 03:17 AM	#74
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	Woah... guys, it's not like I want to spoil the party. This is indeed a very nice project, and I'm seriously impressed (honest!). However, it will necessarily come to an end, rather sooner than later. After all, you're exploiting a serious security flaw on the Kindle, which is on Amazon's radar, and which either has been fixed with that ominous 5.1.1 FW (which we're all craving for, but noone seems to have been able to publish yet), or will be fixed soon. In fact, I don't understand at all how, a month after the publishing of such a gaping vulnerability (and they were alerted to it), Amazon can still not give a fuck about their customers', and their own security. I'm seriously puzzled. The point is ... this security hole should have actually been closed yesterday - but it hopefully (from a security standpoint) will be closed soon. All IMO of course, but just before you spend too much effort... ... just sayin'. PS: just to make that clear again: I really DO appreciate your work -- I'm just wondering whether the effort will be well-spent in the long run. Last edited by ixtab; 07-09-2012 at 03:29 AM.