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stumped · 09-16-2018, 02:03 PM

I figure that if Amazon did anything more than blacklisting e.g. if they remotely bricked devices that were reported stolen, assuming that is technically doable, they would get terrible pr and so don't want to go there.
So tolerating a pawn shop/ebay trade in blacklisted devices may seem the lesser evil
Also ,blacklisting is reversible, remote bricking probably is not.

And a suggestion from an Amazon cs may not be thought out, scripted amazon policy, it may just be an individual thinking out loud/ trying to be helpful.

09-16-2018, 02:03 PM	#14
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	I figure that if Amazon did anything more than blacklisting e.g. if they remotely bricked devices that were reported stolen, assuming that is technically doable, they would get terrible pr and so don't want to go there. So tolerating a pawn shop/ebay trade in blacklisted devices may seem the lesser evil Also ,blacklisting is reversible, remote bricking probably is not. And a suggestion from an Amazon cs may not be thought out, scripted amazon policy, it may just be an individual thinking out loud/ trying to be helpful. Last edited by stumped; 09-16-2018 at 02:09 PM.