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Old 10-19-2020, 08:30 PM   #31
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Thread is late to the party. The hack was late 10/09/ early 10/10 and lasted over 7 days. 10/1 i got nook loaded on my samsung then i went to hell again. took me till the 18th before all my devices worked
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Old 10-19-2020, 09:55 PM   #32
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Thread is late to the party. The hack was late 10/09/ early 10/10 and lasted over 7 days. 10/1 i got nook loaded on my samsung then i went to hell again. took me till the 18th before all my devices worked
So it's working for you now? Including "Product Search" with large result sets?

Was the first place that noticed the good-e-reader blog? I didn't see any discussion on the Nook sub-forum here or anywhere else.
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Old 10-19-2020, 11:28 PM   #33
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There was a fully functional ftp server (full of warez content) operating inside of 12 hours.
That seems pretty unlikely, given NT 4 was supported until 2001.
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Old 10-20-2020, 03:34 AM   #34
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That seems pretty unlikely, given NT 4 was supported until 2001.
I think you'll find that DiapDealer's post was a first-hand account of something they personally did and observed.
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Old 10-20-2020, 09:38 AM   #35
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Thread is late to the party. The hack was late 10/09/ early 10/10 and lasted over 7 days. 10/1 i got nook loaded on my samsung then i went to hell again. took me till the 18th before all my devices worked
The thread is based on when the media finally noticed Nook was hacked.
High profile they ain't.
The belated reports all point to the tenth which is when it popped on Reddit.

More concerning than the hack itself is how long it took Nook to notify the customers they were at risk or even that anything was wrong. That it took a week for nook to come back up fully when they had the store cash registers up much sooner is just a reflection of how important BN.COM and Nook are to the B&N bottom line.
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That seems pretty unlikely, given NT 4 was supported until 2001.
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I think you'll find that DiapDealer's post was a first-hand account of something they personally did and observed.
That is correct. My recount of the experiment was accurate. It makes no difference to me if someone doesn't think my results very likely. I know differently.
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Old 10-20-2020, 03:29 PM   #37
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10 Days Later and STILL cannot get my library to Sync
10 days later and I still cannot get my Library to sync. I have been purchasing books on Nook for the past several years as I didn't want Amazon to bury them and then this stuff happens!!! Might be time to reconsider!
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Old 10-20-2020, 04:16 PM   #38
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10 days later and I still cannot get my Library to sync. I have been purchasing books on Nook for the past several years as I didn't want Amazon to bury them and then this stuff happens!!! Might be time to reconsider!
Yep I actually went and bought my first Kindle. It's a pity because I've had virtually every Nook they made, and considered B&N the Avis, We Try Harder contender. (Or am I dating myself here?)

But Nook just couldn't keep up. It seems they were running on fumes for a while. But I think they still have a sentimental commitment to the business -- they can't be making any money on it.

And I really feel guilty to actually use a Kindle, but technically, they even beat Kobo (well at least for a few esoteric functions).
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I tried to log in on the B&N site Monday night. I was told I needed a new password so I picked one and checked my Nook library and everthing was fine.

I logged out of the Nook app on my iPad and relogged in to enter my new password. It took all night long for the library on the iPad to resync. When it was first starting I kept getting messages that my internet connection had dropped, when it hadn't, or that the connection had timed out.

Just now I went to check my Nook library on line and got this message:
"This website is under heavy load (queue full)
We're sorry, too many people are accessing this website at the same time. We're working on this problem. Please try again later."

I have never seen a message like this and tried two different browsers to make sure it was not a fluke.
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Old 10-20-2020, 06:37 PM   #40
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Perhaps one of those fingerprint scanners that also check blood oxygen level and pulse?
It still doesn't solve the problem of making a copy of your fingerprint and sticking it on somebody else's live finger.
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It still doesn't solve the problem of making a copy of your fingerprint and sticking it on somebody else's live finger.
You would need to use a very thin translucent copy of the fingerprint which would have a poor chance of being recognized.
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You would need to use a very thin translucent copy of the fingerprint which would have a poor chance of being recognized.
But it works in the movies, certainly it should work in the real world.

I'm pretty sure that most of us don't have to worry about having our fingers hacked off so someone can look at what we have on our laptop. People like Warren Buffett have body guards following him around who make sure that no one hacks off his finger.
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But it works in the movies, certainly it should work in the real world.

I'm pretty sure that most of us don't have to worry about having our fingers hacked off so someone can look at what we have on our laptop. People like Warren Buffett have body guards following him around who make sure that no one hacks off his finger.
An xkcd reference seems called for here: https://xkcd.com/538/ (mouseover text apt, too)
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An xkcd reference seems called for here: https://xkcd.com/538/ (mouseover text apt, too)
More likely still:

"Laptop's encrypted."
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