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Originally Posted by crich70
I think it's a bit insane. People worry about what's on their ereader and it being used to keep some sort of 'track' of them or something, but how many worry about what the apps on their cell phones may be telling others? Or the preferred customer cards that grocery stores provide for their customers. The barcode on those links to your account so that the store knows a lot about you if you think about it and for that matter the GPS in your car can also be used to see if you were anywhere near the scene of the crime (so to speak). With all that why worry about what a humble little ereader could be doing?
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I agree that it would be somewhat irrational to worry about one and not the others. As I indicated in a post much earlier in the thread, I try to make a habit of minimal sharing (even/especially on my phone). eg: almost no site truly needs a date of birth, so don't ask me for it, and if you insist don't be surprised when I lie. Etc. etc. for all the myriad other things that many sites want to know out of a sort of habit/reflex rather than real need*.
* I'm in the business of building databases for businesses, so I know just how much crap some businesses store versus how little of it they actually need and use. I mean, at least when Google and Amazon take your data they will make active [ab]use of it, many smaller businesses just hoard it while waiting to be hacked.