[DennisH]

I just bought a new Kindle on (about) 9 July. It is a 12th generation Paperwhite with serial number commencing GN43 3X10 ..... When I first turned it on it had firmware less than 5.18 - 17 I think but definitely not 5.18. The disturbing thing is that it arrived with my router SSID and Password already loaded into it and before I was aware of that it had already download and updated to 5.18.3. I am certain I have never given my router SSID and password to Amazon so they have illegally uploaded (stolen) my private details from an earlier Kindle. I believe this to be a gross abuse of my privacy. However, the moral of this story is that if you buy a new Kindle and don't want it to update make sure you turn your router off before you turn the Kindle on and set it to airplane mode before turning the router back on.