Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar...
by tgv on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:01AM
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That's really something entirely different than malware. You know that Amazon books on kindle are subject to that. It's not malware on the Kindle, it's their whole schtick.
Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar...
by dec0dedab0de on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:12PM
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That's really something entirely different than malware. You know that Amazon books on kindle are subject to that. It's not malware on the Kindle, it's their whole schtick.
At the time it was suspected, but unknown. I remember the outrage, I'm not sure If I was lurking on here before I made an account, or I read it on slashdot or digg or something. Here are the HN comments from the time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=710506
Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar...
by tgv on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:21PM
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Interesting, but at least some people seem to have been aware.
Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar...
by southerntofu on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:37PM
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> You know that Amazon books on kindle are subject to that.
Most people don't. And the few that do only know because of this scandal.
There's something profoundly unintuitive about it. When you buy 5$ a book in the bookstore, you can't wake up some day with the door open, 5$ on your table and the book gone from your library.
Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar...
by pessimizer on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:12AM
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The best way to fix malware is to refer to it as your business model.
That story is about a lawsuit from one of the people they took it from.
Amazon sold 1984 on the Kindle store without permission, and when they realized their error they deleted it from everyone's kindle and refunded their money.