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Originally Posted by mad mike
i don't have a problem with what amazon did, but the fact that they were able to enter the kindle and remove the data, WITHOUT asking permission, OR TELLING they were going to, pee's me off!!!
the police in the USA are required a search warrant before they can enter my private property for the purposes of search and seizure, even if they know for sure, what they're looking for is there!
invasion of privacy is the issue here, for me... not the book/s...
we don't allow microsoft to come and go as they wish or our computers? do we? I DON'T!!! why would i allow amazon to check my kindle at will? hmmmm?
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Bear in mind that Amazon never entered a Kindle without permission. The Kindle initiates communication with Amazon, not the other way around. Amazon flagged the books for deletion on their servers, and Kindles all over the US checked in with those servers and asked for updates. If you don't use the Whispernet service (ie, you never initiate that communication) then Amazon will never remove a book from your Kindle.
It's the same end result (the books you purchased are gone), but not as big-brotherish as people are making it out to be. Amazon is not scanning your Kindle's contents.