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Old 07-08-2012, 01:43 PM   #59
cyclops0000
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Originally Posted by mmatej View Post
No, not really but the device could be taken over completely - disabling updates and so, then Amazon could not destroy the botnet by issuing OTA update. Maybe they could disable 3G then for FW 5.1.0 versions, but it doesn't solve the attacks via WiFi. And I think, FW versions could be faked to allow 3G after Amazon's disable, but I'm far OT now.
so.... it would be possible to use this exploit to disable ota updates?
now to figure out how...
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