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Originally Posted by donoharm
Finally, regarding spying, it's not just knowing what books you bought, it's also knowing how long you took on each page, what words you highlighted, the notes you made. And this is actually already shared with the publishers, who ostensibly use it to coach the authors into making more compelling ebooks. Many people will probably say "meh, whatever, i have nothing to hide", and that's great - I don't think spying on those people is what bothers me. In reality, most customers probably can't even understand/imagine the scope of this technology. Those who do likely won't read the fine print. They just sort of sneak it through in the terms of service and it just seems like a wrong, but technically legal, invasion of privacy.
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Count me among the mehsayers.
I don't really take notes, or highlight. So Amazon could definitely find out my reading speed if they cared... (I believe there is actually a privacy policy somewhere that says they *don't* sync that info, only the highlights/notes, but I'm not so sure especially considering Kindle Unlimited and how they get paid).
ToS and EULAs, how fun.
I always end up remembering something I brought up here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...29#post2884929
Interesting that it came up in a discussion of KU.
