Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data

Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by falcolas on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:06AM (#24272083)

Sync is opt-in.

And, good question. It would be nice, though I'm sure they've buried it in their multi-page privacy doc somewhere.

EDIT: No, it's not opt-in. Reading failure on my part.

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by gambler on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:55AM (#24272620)

>Sync is opt-in.

https://www.epubor.com/whispersync-for-kindle.html

"And "Whispersync for Books" is enabled on Kindle Fire, Kindle devices and apps by default."

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/amazon-whispernet-work-58992...

"Whispersync is on by default in all new Kindles, but you can turn off the option on individual devices if you have multiple readers attached to your account."

https://ebookfriendly.com/how-to-disable-data-collection-kin...

"How to disable data collection on your Kindle or Fire device"

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by falcolas on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:28PM (#24273054)

Crud, I read that wrong; you're correct in that it's opt-out.

That said, given that it provides a high value to the end user (I use it daily), I personally don't mind.

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