Amazon admit they lied, but it took a good and decent man, a Principal Engineer with principles, to admit that at the highest level they took the easy route and broke every security rule in the book.

Amazon admit they lied, but it took a good and decent man, a Principal Engineer with principles, to admit that at the highest level they took the easy route and broke every security rule in the book.

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Episode 4: Someone Blew The Whistle

In 2023 Amazon were made aware at the highest levels of a massive security exploit made against its Amazon Fire tablets, specifically security vulnerabilities and exploited architecture. Whilst the vulnerabilities were confirmed and subsequently patched, Amazon failed to publish security errata, CVE information of any description or to make public the extent of the huge vulnerabilities affecting millions of devices used in homes globally. Fire tablets are fantastic devices that extend Amazon capabilities importantly into the home and have often been the first touch device for millions of children outside of the more expensive iPad world or more expensive Android tablets. So why did Amazon, when they were aware of such massive vulnerabilities affecting tens of millions of users never publish a single solitary release of information for users in households across the world, or in any of the educational institutions globally that they support by way of donation or have sold Fire tablets to. A breach of confidence in the world's biggest consumer technology provider and online cloud retailer ? But more worryingly, fully aware that the engineer reporting the vulnerability, one of the worlds most widely known Open Source engineers, was the victim of longterm domestic abuse using the device. For legal information or to communicate about this podcast the content resides in New Delhi in IndiaPlease address your communications to Legal Services, M-77 M Block Market Fl 2, New Delhi, NCT, 110048, India

In 2023 Amazon were made aware at the highest levels of a massive security exploit made against its Amazon Fire tablets, specifically security vulnerabilities and exploited architecture. Whilst the vulnerabilities were confirmed and subsequently patched, Amazon failed to publish security errata, CVE information of any description or to make public the extent of the huge vulnerabilities affecting millions of devices used in homes globally.Fire tablets are fantastic devices that extend Amazon capabilities importantly into the home and have often been the first touch device for millions of children outside of the more expensive iPad world or more expensive Android tablets.So why did Amazon, when they were aware of such massive vulnerabilities affecting tens of millions of users never publish a single solitary release of information for users in households across the world, or in any of the educational institutions globally that they support by way of donation or have sold Fire tablets to.A breach of confidence in the world's biggest consumer technology provider and online cloud retailer ?But more worryingly, fully aware that the engineer reporting the vulnerability, one of the worlds most widely known Open Source engineers, was the victim of longterm domestic abuse using the device.For legal information or to communicate about this podcast the content resides in New Delhi in IndiaPlease address your communications to Legal Services, M-77 M Block Market Fl 2, New Delhi, NCT, 110048, India

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