Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by thaumasiotes on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:41AM
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> But recording user's detailed interactions with every ebook? I hope that's a big surprise to your average Kindle user.
I doubt it. Here are some features the Kindle phone app intentionally advertises to the user:
- prediction of how long the book will take to complete, based on your reading rate
- tracking of whether or not you read anything on any given day
Snooping on users during e-commerce transactions, sure.
But recording user's detailed interactions with every ebook? I hope that's a big surprise to your average Kindle user.
It would be great to see a data request response and how much of this data is retained and for how long. It's clearly not anonymized at the request level.
Very easy to see a future where just reading certain books or reading certain books too many times could flag you as dangerous or be used to support a mental incompetence hearing resulting in loss of rights.