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Old 12-05-2010, 10:15 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy View Post
Why does it say this in the license agreement for the Kindle?

the Kindle's software "will provide Amazon with data about your Device and its interaction with the Service...and information related to the content on your Device and your use of it (such as automatic bookmarking of the last page read and content deletions from the Device

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/e-book-privacy
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01...-guide-privacy

There is some more information about what information Kindles send to Amazon here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51371
this is done by electronic sharing. no one is READING your content. when people are asking these questions, they are worried about PDFs and things that are sideloaded. Amazon cannot read that stuff. harping on about the 1984 issue is ludicrous
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