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Originally Posted by jhowell
A vulnerable device that is signed in to your Amazon account and capable of making purchases could result in a lot of mischief if hacked. I think that this is being handled responsibly by the discoverer of the vulnerability. For those that need to jailbreak NOW there is an alternative already available.
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I know. But opening up my reader, messing around with soldering and probably getting an IC that fries my reader because I accidentally used the wrong voltage doesn't sound great. I mean if it can be done through software alone....
Like I said, I can understand the persons reasons not to release the hack, but I'd have preferred he wouldn't have said he has one if he was toying with the thought of not releasing right from the start. I'm also a lot on XDA-developers.com, and if there's root to gain, it'll be released. I have my nexus hacked with a modified kernel, and there's way more to gain on Android phones than on a reader. Just saying that readers may not even be that much of interest to hackers. And like I said, if you have cameras in your fridge, or a gas range connected to your internet connection because it's so cool having a fully connected home, I think there's more at risk. Just imagine you open your fridge when you just jumped out of the tub, or someone hacks your gas range and burns down your house. Just my 2 cents.
No offense. I just wanted to state my point that I'm more than dissappointed to have read there's a hack and then it doesn't get released. I don't need my reader to be hacked, but like amazon, I love having full control over the devices I bought.