{"id":1399,"date":"2020-12-30T08:44:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T15:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2020-12-30T08:44:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T15:44:22","slug":"firestick-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"Firestick Mafia"},"content":{"rendered":"

So this<\/a> is just stupid on many levels (newsarticle out of Florida) where the Sheriff is announcing his department’s ‘take-down’ of what seems to be some sort of Amazon Firestick Mafia. This group of flea-market sellers were selling “Jail-Broken” Firesticks for streaming via Amazon.<\/p>\n

Okay – “Jailbreaking” a firestick sounds like tech wizardry. Granted, jailbreaking really became prominent hacking vernacular years ago with the iPhone. That process was a bit more subverse – with resetting the idevice, installing other apps, security adjustments, pirating aps, etc. The process for ‘jailbreaking’ a firestick is literally clicking one box in the device’s settings – see below.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>True – once you do this, you can install Kodi, VPNs, etc – but there is nothing ‘illegal’ about a Firestick that has this option (third party apps) selected.<\/p>\n

The context here is what one does with the device once the portal has been opened. What irks me on this piece is how giddy the Sheriff is, announcing the take-down of these grandmas.<\/p>\n

Also wild is the fact that there is a market for this. This group figured out how to click a menu item and were selling the device for 2x street value? A user not doing their research, but who wants to stream from the apps that can now be installed, is drawn to a pre-“hacked” version. I would be inclined to think that if they can’t figure out how to click this menu item to open the device’s streaming options, they probably won’t be able to figure out how\/where to get the aps or how to use.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m not saying I support the jailbreaking or that I support the streaming with third party aps … I’m just saying this Press Conference is silly when you really look into the device and its settings. It’s not like we have the cartel here. Yes, a user is subvertting the proper channels to be able to view paid content – but why the hell does Amazon leave the option on the device? If they wanted to curtail\/eliminate the activity, maybe they should make the option less simplistic?<\/p>\n

And the fact that the Sheriff is holding a press conference to announce how they took down the granny cartel is a bit preposterous. He really seems giddy over his team’s sleuthing. The old addage of “Don’t you have better things to do” (I remember hearing my dad say that the few times he was pulled over) rings a little true here.<\/p>\n

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