This is from the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2012:
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It is not clear whether Amazon tracks purchases loaded on to the Kindle from other sources.
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If they are tracking it, I don't see them doing anything with the information, such as complaining when people strip DRM.
There's simply no evidence I know of that Amazon is tracking side-loaded books, not even slight evidence. So there is absolutely no reason to think Amazon is spying on me.
One thing Amazon does do is keep a record of Overdrive Kindle-format library borrowing. I'm seeing titles I borrowed, in "Manage Your Content and Devices," going back to 2011. I consider this a plus, and would object to it being called spying. However, public library systems deliberately do NOT store borrowing histories, due to privacy concerns.