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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by bippihippi1 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:12AM (#38622968)
kindles have cellular modems
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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by dugite-code on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:17AM (#38623008)
Not all of them and they are surprisingly easy to remove. At least the old ones are: https://peekread.info/tech/20210120-removing-3g-modem-from-a...
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Re:E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance by cricalix on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:33AM (#38623469)
They've stopped making Kindles with modems. Latest gen ones are WiFi only. Of course, the hardware might still be in there, just not available for book purchasing.
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