Board:   [WWIVnet] General Chat
Subject: Re: Ghost in the Machine
From:    Jimmy Mac #1 @707
To:      Jahmas #29 @707
Date:    Tue Jul 28, 2026 09:02

J> I've used Amazon streaming for years but recently came upon an anomoly
J> when all of a sudden, we are locked out of all the Prime movies and TV
J> shows as they want use to both pay per episode and season. I double
J> checked with my Kindle Fire because it's basically the same thing yet
J> everything is open and available. The culprit it seems is that my
J> country status has changed with my streaming Fire stick. I could tell
J> when, all of a sudden, all of the ads and commercials are in German.
J> It's kind of funny but I think I can nuke it or make it go back. Perhaps
J> it's time to abandon Amazon alltogether :O

Your firestick should be using the geoip location based on your Internet
provider.  If it's coming up with anything else, it may be compromised.

Does your home router have any form of packet capture feature? or have you ever
used WireShark to see where your home IOT devices are really reaching out to?


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