Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data

Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by zxcb1 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:37AM (#24271764)

A Kindle comes with Kindlings, a lesser form of the book, where you are being read by Amazon while reading; you are working for Amazon in ways you might never understand.

The Kindling never leaves Amazon properties; it is not yours even though you paid almost the full price of a book.

If there is rule of law in the US and EU, these will eventually become free e-books, that is, separated from Amazon; they will regain the status and properties of the book.

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by taneq on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @12:27AM (#24279113)

This is why you keep your e-books stashed on media you control, and put copies onto your Kindle when you you want to read them.

Same with any data you store on an iOS device. You never let a device you don't control have the only copy of any data important to you.

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by zxcb1 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:02PM (#24276714)

For example, readers might want to integrate their libraries into the knowledge base of their personal AI.

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