Thread: Firmware Update New Kindle software update: 5.18.4
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Old 07-31-2025, 06:49 PM   #20
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But isn’t the jailbreak-to-be patch a response to the bounty program report from the devs of the upcoming jailbreak? If so, it would just be a coincidence that they are also strengthening their drm.
I do not understand your logic here. Unless the jailbreak devs are holding back further exploits, this new firmware version will not be jailbreak-able for now. That makes this the perfect time to add new DRM that requires a jailbreak to defeat.

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If and when that comes to be, would it mean only older devices can be de-drmed?
If I am right then only Kindles running firmware older than this latest one will be usable for DRM removal. But there is still a lot of uncertainty. The DRM change might never be actually activated by Amazon.
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