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-----Original Message----- From: Holly Elliott <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [The Unique Geek] E-reader privacy policies compared: Big Kindle is watching you -- Engadget Man, now the FBI is going to flag our forum! :-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cary Preston Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] E-reader privacy policies compared: Big Kindle is watching you -- Engadget Don't forget to stop looking up the recipe for ricin, too... On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:04 PM, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > hmm I get what your saying. Big brother watching, Orwellian and all. I > think that the book suggestions is the most important piece of this puzzle. > I guess I'll stop using my kindle to search for the anarchist cook book, the > art of war, Do it yourself gunpowder cookbook, and Explosives and > demolitions. > > Why is the world slowly becoming more and more like War Games. Damn you > Joshua and your voice. > > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Some of the issue at stake here has come up before in public >> libraries. The Federal government wanted local libraries to keep tabs >> on who was reading what, in the hopes that data mining this >> information would point to potential terrorists. The problem here is >> that it violates your civil liberties, and while the stated purpose >> may seem like an acceptable intrusion that doesn't mean that there >> will be some eventual creep on what that information is used for, nor >> can you be sure that a third party won't gain access to that >> information without your consent. >> For entities such as Amazon, it's actually a bit beneficial. They >> tailor their suggestions of new merchandise to you based on your prior >> purchasing history. Nothing new there, just extend that to what you >> read on the Kindle. Unfortunately, it's not limited to that; they save >> all your searches, how you use your Kindle, and everything you place >> on your profile (information replac [The entire original message is not included] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
