knc1 Going Viral



Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210797 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA

1) Everything here is intended to be under the user's (owner's) control. Those things are released when they work.



This is different, in that it could be used without the owner's knowledge.

That makes it a potential risk to the security of the device.

Things such as that (security risks) we (Mobileread) report to the vendor, giving them a chance to correct the problem.



This pre-release announcement is to warn owners not to just accept the next OTA update (which is expected to fix the problem) if they intend to use this 'closed Kindle' way to jailbreak it.



So it might be called a 'liability' but not in the typical monetary sense.

More in the ethical sense.

It would be very irresponsible to put the millions of Kindles out there at risk to remote exploitation.



2) It was tested (not by me - I was only an interested bystander) on the devices listed above.

If you don't see the KV mentioned, that means it wasn't tested on a KV.

It was tested on a PW3 - which is not that much different than a KV (you lose a few things that few people feel are required).



3) This only changes the way our (Mobileread) signature certificate is installed on the machine.

(Currently only possible over the serial port.)

Nothing else changes.



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