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Originally Posted by haertig
I find it amusing that people will chastise others for using an Alexa device, then sit down to an evening with their Kindle. A device that monitors and transmits what they read, when they read it, how long they read, the page count that they read, how fast they read, if they skip to the end and don't read the entire thing, and who knows what else. Probably a list of everything they have stored on their Kindle. And this entity on the other end can delete things off their Kindle as well. Expired library books for one, but also purchased eBooks - although Amazon says they won't do this again after the backlash from last time. But they could if they wanted to though. The hypocrisy of chastising Alexa users is quite humorous.
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I wasn't aware I was chastising anyone. Just agreeing with Gormagon on calling an Echo a "bugging device." Anyone who
wants to be bugged, that's their choice.
As for comparing a Kindle to an Echo, that's kind of a stretch. I personally don't care what Amazon knows about what I'm reading — but most of the time I don't turn WiFi on on my Kindles anyhow. So, most of the time, they know nothing. The Echo, on the other hand, can give Amazon 24/7 audio access to my home, if and when I ever bought one (read never).
Choice is good.