[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb

I'm really curious about this too. Do you think Amazon will get into your stuff? I don't mean the question to be rude, I am just trying to understand the reasoning.

I have always looked at iTunes and Amazon as being an advantage since they save all your content for you. If your device is lost/broken/stolen or even if you just want to get a new version you can easily re-download all your purchases.

As others have said, you can just never turn on wifi. It's impossible to turn on by accident since you have to set up each connection.

no, they won't. it's all cookie driven. little bots running around completing logic loops.

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Maybe he's just thinking of Amazon removing books while he's reading them, like they did a few years back. Could they do that with DRM-free ebooks? Presumably they would know what you are reading the same way that they know what you look at on their website.

seriously one book one time. they learned a hard lesson over that. it will never happen again

Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb

I completely agree with this statement. I was trying to figure out if paranoia is behind the question or some other reason that I couldn't think of.

A friend of mine's mother seriously believes that government and big business are spying on everyone. No amount of logic can convince her that they do not have the time/money/inclination to watch every ordinary citizen. If he thinks like this then perhaps he will be more comfortable knowing that he is in control of the wifi.

If there were some other reason for his desire to be completely disconnected, I was curious to hear what is was. I gave it quite a bit of thought and couldn't come up with anything.

I know people who will not sign up for customer loyalty cards because they just KNOW that Big Brother is using that information. and then there are the people who will not get credit cards because (my eyes started rolling back in my head and I'm not sure how clearly I got this...) credit card numbers are the number of the beast! and ye all shall be marked! and it will be the number of the beast that marks you!!! yeah... anyway...

Originally Posted by DMSmillie

Has anyone ever reported/mentioned/referred to anything like that happening?

no

Originally Posted by plasticslug

lol, I stepped away from this thread for a day and found so many tin foil hats

I guess to shed a bit more light to my question.

1. I want to go with the kindle mainly because of its popularity, battery life and price.

2. I dont usually pay for anything that can be distributed electronically. (does that mean I only download open source free stuff, or I pirate like hell) Ill leave that up to you.

3. I read those articles where amazon tracks your books to offer other recommendations and other personal usage. I dont feel that I should be a marketing platform for them, even if I did buy there hardware I feel they are entitled to nothing regarding my reading habits or usage.

Point being, I want the kindle hardware but do need anything else from amazon. Though they may offer some great deals and incentives, but I will probably find it else where for a price that would be considerably less expensive (possibly free).

Same point with itunes, I dont need them and nothing they offer me would be an incentive to use them.

So that is why I was wondering if i could take the kindle off the amazon grid. I just dont need them... its either the kindle or the latest sony pocket reader for 150 (but dont really care losing that extra inch in screen space)

oh! you should get a sony! seriously! perfect for you

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Stop putting pictures of me in this thread!!