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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by kofejnik on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:22PM (#24275009)
Parent comment was

> if the developers take the egregious step of nerfing airplane mode,

and I was responding that IF the developers decide to nerf the airplane mode it's very possible they will start using any open AP; some TV's are reportedly doing this already

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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by whynotminot on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:19PM (#24275645)
Ok so you don't know, you're just speculating without evidence.
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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by samatman on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:55PM (#24277226)
No, the entire scenario is a hypothetical, the standard of evidence is inapplicable.
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Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data by whynotminot on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:54PM (#24285899)
I don't understand the point then.

Literally any device you own with WiFi could be updated tomorrow to connect to any open access point.

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