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Kindle Corruption Possible, But Not Likely

Kindle Corruption

First Posted: 04/28/11 03:36 PM ET Updated: 06/28/11 06:12 AM ET

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Earlier this week a ZDNET blogger discovered links to what seemed like spam sites within an eBook that he had purchased in the Kindle store.

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Earlier this week a ZDNET blogger discovered links to what seemed like spam sites within an eBook that he had purchased in the Kindle store.
Earlier this week a ZDNET blogger discovered links to what seemed like spam sites within an eBook that he had purchased in the Kindle store.
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12:00 PM on 05/01/2011
I don't think it is a serious problem at all because someone would have to actively click on the link to go to a site, and even then that site is very unlikely to load something back onto the Kindle (which does not use Windows). It would be hard to infect the device itself. I think the worst that would happen is that someone would see an ad or a site they did not want to see. And even then someone would have to choose to download that book and choose to click on its links.

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01:42 PM on 04/29/2011
Reason# Nth why I don't own an e-reader.
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