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Reverse Engineer Finds Kindle's Hidden Features

Posted by Zonk on from the under-the-hood dept.

bensafrickingenius writes "CNET's Crave site has an interesting article on Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, and the extensive reverse-engineering that fans of the device have accomplished. The site specifically points out the work of Igor Skochinsky at the Reversing Everything website. His work on the Kindle's Root Shell has revealed some fascinating goodies: 'Among the ones uncovered and described on his blog are a basic photo viewer, a minesweeper game, and most interesting, location technology that uses the Kindle's CDMA networking to pinpoint its position. There also are some basic location-based services that call up a Google Maps view to show where you are and nearby gas stations and restaurants.'"

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  1. Re:Your Kindle is watching you by headkase · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OMG!!!1!! They;ve located our Secrit HQ!!! Frank, Joe, let's get out of here!!! Frank?? Joe?? Oh yeah, they're just figments.

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