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[-] DigitalWanderer@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

wait isnt the firestick like a chromecast? how does one even hack with that???

[-] account_93@lemm.ee 58 points 1 year ago

Its just android skinned

[-] ech0@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Its a computer. That's all a hacker needs.

[-] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

Firestick's are just re-skinned android, which itself is a linux distro very basically. It's not extremely difficult to get a working terminal that can install languages and packages like a normal linux distro. I think they even have OOTB support for keyboards/mice. That said, it's a lot funnier to picture them sitting there with the remote like it's super smash.

[-] Ado@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

You can connect bluetooth devices to it and run a browser, command prompt, etc. I'm thinking he used that type of stuff through the firestick.

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Even supports keyboard and mouse. Itd be annoying as hell to use, but be usable

(termux would give you like a full linux experience even)

[-] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

It is nothing more than an internet connected terminal. Once you're logged in to a server, the firestick is only sending/receiving small chunks of text.

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