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Originally Posted by JohnClif
The Kindle, on the other hand, is a closed system. The Kindle's serial # is tied to the user on the Amazon website. A record of all DRM ebooks purchased is also stored on Amazon, and associated with both the customer and the specific Kindle. Amazon could institute a firmware feature that would automatically verify each DRM ebook on the system with Amazon's server on a regular basis, and inform Amazon if a pirated file were found. Maybe they're doing that now. Who knows what data goes up to Amazon?
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This is one reason that Kindle is so misguided in my opinion though due to the publicity effect and e-book prices dropping overall it's still a positive development. The privacy issues that this thing raises are very scary (remember the recent story about an overzealous prosecutor investigating some minor fraud in MN and trying to get Amazon records for random customers - slapped down properly by a judge).