It feels like the "Just don't do X if you are that paranoid" attitude is singlehandedly responsible for the increasingly egregious privacy invasions from the last decade.

I didn't say that. I'm saying that if you don't like how the device operates you can still use it in other ways. If the Kindles forced WiFi to be active and connected to Amazon servers, I'd see your point.

Lol. "Paranoid" is such a loaded word. Not really suited for disliking something which is openly known to happen.

Are you "paranoid about catching gonorrhea" if you decide to wear a condom? :-)

Yes. I've been happily married for twenty years, so my perspective is likely to be different. ;-)

A desire for privacy is not paranoia.

You don't even need a threat to desire privacy. It's a human right.

Surely you see that a desire for privacy is not the same as:

> I personally don't want a list of all the "subversive literature" I read nicely compiled for corporations and government to exploit

What don't you like about that sentence?

> subversive literature

Many books I read were on a list (as in, jail for possession) less than 40 years ago where I live.

> nicely compiled for corporations

It's literally the explicit purpose of collecting this data.

> and government

Yes, there's no way a government could ever exploit detailed data about their citizen's behaviour, inclinations, political opinions, etc.

I do not, that seems like a very basic expression of a desire for privacy.

Not wanting your literature choices under surveillance is a common type of privacy that many people, myself included, desire.

Eh, the comment was hyperbolic at best and paranoid at worst.

The library knows which books you checked out, and the book store knows which books you've bought. Is this really that much different?

The library does not sell my data to thousands of corporations as its core business model. At the book store I can pay cash if I so desire. Yes you're right, it's truly no different from a detailed live-log of everything you read, analysed, packaged, and sold to whomever pays for it.