<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>Aaaaaand...</div><div><br></div><div>That 131K line anti-tracking hosts file is published.....</div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 15:12 -0500, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>Seems someone found a software root last week, 26th, for the 2017 Amazon</pre><pre>Fire 8HD tablets, finally! It provides a temporary root with SELinux</pre><pre>disabled.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>It is 3-5 commands, depending on your existing developer options. In</pre><pre>short, freakin' easy.</pre><pre><br></pre><a href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/discussion-root-progress-fire-hd-8-t3743024/page104"><pre>https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/discussion-root-progress-fire-hd-8-t3743024/page104</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Tested it. Working here. YMMV. Be careful and don't brick yours.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>All I've done so far is replace the 1 line /etc/hosts with my 131K line</pre><pre>anti-tracking variant. Verified that the worst tracking sites weren't</pre><pre>available, then rebooted the tablet and verified they still weren't</pre><pre>available.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I may want to install a real firewall and busybox shortly, but haven't</pre><pre>at this point.</pre><pre>I did not install SuperSU.</pre><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Ale mailing list</pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org"><pre>Ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale"><pre>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</pre><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo"><pre>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</pre></a><pre><br></pre></blockquote><div><span><pre><pre>-- <br></pre>James P. Kinney III
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