Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data

Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by DavideNL on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:48PM (#24273293)

> I activated airplane mode the second I unboxed the device and I never turned airplane mode off.

Same, however I had to connect my Kindle Oasis to the internet 1 time after purchase though, if i remember correct it was to download the dictionaries (for translation) i needed. And i think there was a feature that was missing until i connected it to the internet once (i used a new/temporary account for that) but can't remember what feature that was though.

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:35PM (#24273818)

You could have got those dictionaries from a filesharing community and simply copied them over to the Kindle via USB. No need to connect the Kindle to internet.

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by DavideNL on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:36PM (#24274496)

Yea, I tried that first but all the dictionaries i downloaded didn't work on my device for some reason, so in the end i gave up...

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