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Old 02-29-2020, 07:01 AM   #86
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Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
Maybe they're worrying about stuff from the other direction, when the kindle sends usage, reading, etc. information back to amazon the virus writers could try sending a virus back to amazon.
Extremely unlikely, also if you knew how to do it, you don't need a kindle at all.

One imagines all input is well sanitised anyway.
Part of a series
https://xkcd.com/327/
Beware the mom of little Bobby Tables.

Edit more Mrs Roberts, who is an elite hacker.
https://xkcd.com/341/
Mrs. Roberts' daughter is named "Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory"
The daughter "Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts", known simply as Elaine or Elaine Roberts, is the world's best hacker.
She wouldn't need a Kindle to do mischief to Amazon if Amazon did have exploitable flaws on their information gathering.

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