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Old 12-15-2010, 01:23 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by catsittingstill View Post
I doubt the DRM has anything to do with it. I don't see why deleting an encrypted file remotely would be any easier than deleting a non-encrypted file remotely, unless Amazon made a specific effort to set it up that way.

I mean, I hate DRM as much as anybody but I don't think lack of it has been protecting some Kindle books from remote deletion. I think Amazon decided not to delete books from Kindles themselves.

I just wish they had had the good sense to decide not to delete them from archives either.
I'm just guessing, but I would have thought having DRM would identify the books that Amazon doesn't want people to read for certain, whereas if there is no DRM there would be a risk of deleting the wrong book?
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