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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Amazon has access to the books in your archive that you purchased from Amazon. Amazon does not have access to everything on your Kindle. Books you sideload are not accessible by Amazon.
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Ummm.. Maybe Amazon has not designed the Kindle to directly allow that, but it would be all but impossible to protect just part of the file space on the device. Particularly since the side loaded books are less likely to be encrypted in any meaningful fashion.
Do I believe it is likely? No. Do I believe it is possible? Yes.
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Any party who can hack Amazon will get your user info even if you do not have a Kindle since they might be able to access your Amazon account. The same hacker could hack Sony or B&N or Borders and get your information from their data base. Even if a hacker somehow could hack Amazon and get your info from your Kindle, the same person would be able to get info from the Nook or Sony 950 because they have 3G or WiFI connection.
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I agree, any online transaction, where records are kept, is vulnerable to hackers eventually. I also agree that the Nook and the Sony 950 would also be similarly vulnerable (Which is why I included the Nook in my original post --- the Sony 900 and 950, I suspect to be rare enough not to be a major contender for most people).
My point is, you connect your device to wifi, and it becomes more vulnerable. From the vendor or even potentially to people connecting to it when you are using public wifi hotspots.
The only way to make sure a device is secure is to never connect it to the internet.
Mind you, I am not here to bash the Kindle. For some, indeed, for many people, the Kindle's many great features will outweigh the rather small risks that are present. Its kind of like going under anesthesia while your wisdom teeth get cut out -- there is a small chance that it will kill you, but the risk of that happening is so small, that most believe the benefits outweigh the risk. That being said, it is better to go in with your eyes open.
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The replaceable battery is going to be a personal thing. I have one on my K1 and have not needed to use it. I have a feeling that my DXG battery will outlast my use of the device. One of the reasons that the Kindle is smaller and lighter then the Nook is the lack of a replaceable battery and memory card holder.
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Again, I pointed out that for most people, this is really a non issue. But for some people, it is important. That being said, memory card readers are so light, that I suspect it had little or nothing to do with it -- more like they realized that it was cheaper to expand the resident memory to the point where the vast majority of people would never see a read for the SD card reader.
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Bill