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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by Shared404 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:13AM (#24271530)
> the "invasive" data mentioned in the post doesn't seem particularly invasive to me[.]

Attempting to get the subnet IP address? That seems pretty invasive.

From the article:

> Attempt to get the IP address on the local network (a 10. address, which was incorrect for me)

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by eclipxe on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:29PM (#24273066)
What, exactly, will that do for them?
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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by Shared404 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:34PM (#24273123)
That's my point. The data is both A) Invasive and B) Pointless, unless trying to do things they shouldn't on your network. But they still collect it for some reason.
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