Thread: Firmware Update New Kindle update?
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Old 06-08-2010, 08:25 PM   #55
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I don't understand how the update changes the DRM - so if I don't allow the update to download, and I buy all my books from now on by download to computer, my old deDRM scheme will continue to work?

I believe that is right. The update would change the way the Kindle handles the DRM and the Amazon Machine would know that the update was downloaded and installed so when it encrypts the file (per your serial number as recorded) it can encrypt using the New Drm. If it doesn't know, it can't do it.
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