Kindle and privacy - Amazon keeps files sent to @free.kindle.com (but says it doesnt) - Page 3

zoran · 10-12-2010, 01:00 AM

From time to time some of license agrees and explanations should
be put on the paper and read as a novel. Then some critic should
say what he/she thinks on the very masterpiece. Most of them
would ask for medical team to come and treat the author. Imagine
how I find myself surprised as some issues.
The question is where it will stop being agreement and become
comic book.

Oldpilot · 10-12-2010, 06:33 AM

I'm all for a little innocent paranoia, but c'mon.

There's a great cartoon in this week's New Yorker magazine: a kid at a curbside stand with a sign, CONSPIRACY THEORIES $10. He's slumped over with a dart in his neck. Over in the next yard is a spook with a blow gun.

6charlong · 10-12-2010, 08:02 PM

Just to give this dead horse one last kick...

I had a job once where we learned that there is no excuse for letting some things happen. Not every confidential document is sensitive enough to warrent that kind of care, but if you feel you have one that does, there's no excuse for leaving the back window unlocked.

I got Amazon CS on the phone and asked "If I take an HTML file and convert it to Mobi and side-load it to the Kindle, can Amazon read or download the file over Wifi." He said "No. Amazon can't even see it on your device."

I would never put anything classified on a Kindle but for personal and most confidential business documents it appears safe. The Kindle does have a password feature you can use if you want to control access to a document you store on it. Still not as good as the encryption locks you can put on laptops but better than other eBook readers.

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10-12-2010, 01:00 AM	#31
zoran himself Posts: 576 Karma: 11226 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	From time to time some of license agrees and explanations should be put on the paper and read as a novel. Then some critic should say what he/she thinks on the very masterpiece. Most of them would ask for medical team to come and treat the author. Imagine how I find myself surprised as some issues. The question is where it will stop being agreement and become comic book.

10-12-2010, 06:33 AM	#32
Oldpilot Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 2572 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	I'm all for a little innocent paranoia, but c'mon. There's a great cartoon in this week's New Yorker magazine: a kid at a curbside stand with a sign, CONSPIRACY THEORIES $10. He's slumped over with a dart in his neck. Over in the next yard is a spook with a blow gun.

10-12-2010, 08:02 PM	#33
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	Just to give this dead horse one last kick... I had a job once where we learned that there is no excuse for letting some things happen. Not every confidential document is sensitive enough to warrent that kind of care, but if you feel you have one that does, there's no excuse for leaving the back window unlocked. I got Amazon CS on the phone and asked "If I take an HTML file and convert it to Mobi and side-load it to the Kindle, can Amazon read or download the file over Wifi." He said "No. Amazon can't even see it on your device." I would never put anything classified on a Kindle but for personal and most confidential business documents it appears safe. The Kindle does have a password feature you can use if you want to control access to a document you store on it. Still not as good as the encryption locks you can put on laptops but better than other eBook readers.

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