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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The only thing Amazon tracks would be what you bought in their store. I don't think that they can read what you side load.
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I wasn't aware they do share the code. Can you give me a link to that, please?
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
If you don't care about using collections, don't register the device. If you want to use collections, activate the K3, register the K3, turn off the WiFi, and never turn on WiFi again.
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That's an excellent tip. At the first glance I won't need it, but I'll keep that in mind.
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Originally Posted by pdagenius
Deregister the Kindle on Amazon or on the Kindle itself. Then if you never turn on the wifi nobody will know what you're doing. End of. Enjoy.
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Does it come as registered? I haven't bought it. I'm trying to understand a few things about the gadget before.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
There is, though, a kill switch for the radio transmitter.
No radio = no Whispernet.
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By radio you mean Wifi? Or there's something else?
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Originally Posted by jswinden
If you only read sideloaded books then there is no need to even turn off WiFi. Amazon, regardless of how paranoid you are, could care less about tracking your sideloaded books.
There is no kill switch for Whispernet on any Kindle that I'm aware of. I hope they never put one on it too as Whispernet is the best feature offered by Kindles.
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Hmm, I understand that for you that feature is valuable as it saves you some time, but I fail to understand why there should not be a kill swtich. Could you please expand on that one?
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Agreed.
But if you're feeling extra paranoid, you can always block your Wifi-only Kindle's MAC address at your router. Considering there's only a tiny number of wifi hotspots that a Kindle will "automagically" connect to without user interaction, that should be sufficient.
(of course never configuring the Wifi connection on a Wifi-only Kindle would achieve the same thing if you truly, truly don't believe you can trust the off switch.)
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I never have touched the thing. I just read a few advertising pieces, as I could not possibly find a true review online. But is it possible to have in the second part of 2011 a device that can't hook up to open networks or known hotspots just because the user hasn't configured it? Cheapest, dumbest, ugliest chinese made network switch loaded with indian software can do that. Wouldn't a gadget advertised as user friendly AND at its third generation do any better than that?