Amazon Remote Disables Piracy Apps Sideloaded on Fire TV Devices * TorrentFreak
At least two popular pirate apps, sideloaded by users on to their Fire TV devices, have been remotely and irreversibly disabled by Amazon.
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what a surprise /s
seriously anyone using those devices should set up some firewall..
Yeah, I'm curious and concerned "how" Amazon did this.
I mean the first thing I'd do would be login (cause it's necessary), enable adb, disconnect the internet, block firmware updates, and restrict dns then reconnect to the internet.
Is that what these people are doing? Or do they just grab the latest firmware, sideload their app(s) and hope everything will "just work" today/tomorrow/ and beyond?!?
the first thing I'd do would be login (cause it's necessary), enable adb, disconnect the internet, block firmware updates, and restrict dns then reconnect to the internet.
You have to realize maybe a small handful of people that own these devices will do any of that. They'll just plug in and go. Sure they may know how to side load, but they aren't taking any other preventative measures as you suggest, nor do they have the know-how to do so.
I'd imagine Amazon initiated these via firmware updates that just about anyone would blindly install. The updates probably included scripts to uninstall any "unauthorized" APKs, disable developer options, restore factory system settings, lock the user profile from modifying the system, etc.