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Originally Posted by Connallmac
And I was just pointing out to you that you can protect the content that you buy via Whispernet by backing it up. As far as privacy concerns go, I'm a card carrying member of the ACLU and I certainly do believe in protecting the privacy of the individual. I just think that if you are purchasing ebooks from websites with credit/debit cards that you are kidding yourself if think you have any sort of privacy, regardless of whether or not you use Whispernet.
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Agreed, that will give them stats on what I've purchased. I'm more concerned about them looking into my device and seeing what I've highlighted, annotated or even reading notes I've taken (or deleting them). Whispernet is not the way I want to go. It's not about them knowing what I've purchased, it's about them tracking what I've done afterwards.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch, but there are a couple of threads around here that give me concern about using Whispernet. One thread is about Amazon.com deleting items from people's Kindles without notice (copyright issues), another interesting thread outlines the contents of the System Log file that the Kindle regularly sends to Amazon.com. The file includes some very interesting information (including the geographical location of the device). I don’t believe for a minute that Amazon.com would use this info in a negative way, but why make it available to tempt someone.
Just my warped perspective.
C.P.T.