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Originally Posted by Tuongsp91
Should I avoid putting these on my kindle as I could be accused of pirating or something? Im a little unsure how it all works?
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Nobody has ever been accused of anything based on what they sideload on their Kindle.
Amazon has the ability to see what is on your Kindle, or at least they can update the firmware to add such ability. To my knowledge, they have never ever accused or even contacted anyone regarding the content on the reader. Nobody has even caught them trying to access such info (*).
If you are still uncomfortable, simply switch off the WiFi and "sideload" your books using USB cable. You can even upload your legally purchased books by downloading them to your PC and then using USB cable to put them on Kindle. When I owned the PaperWhite I did it that way. But not because I was afraid they would see what I am reading - I was trying to avoid an unwanted firmware update and adds and I would keep WiFi off most of the time anyway, because it eats up battery charge.
(*) It is very easy to monitor complete communication of the device with the servers. You simply create a specialized WiFi hotspot and monitor it with a wireshark. I did it with a different reader, to capture firmware files the reader was receiving.