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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:10 AM Original message |
Big Kindle is watching you |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't like ebooks because I don't want the books I read to be tracked for |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Book stores note what you read. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. libraries don't generally keep that data though |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The FBI asked libraries for it when Bush was in. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. that's exactly why they stopped keeping records |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm sure they've come out of hiding again. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. lol -- (but then again that involved fines) |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. True. Uncollectable, but true. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Oh c'mon - neither bookstores nor libraries have data warehouses |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. They have hard drives, though. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Pretty sure the Gutenberg Project doesn't do that. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That brings up and interesting question, does Amazon track what free books you read |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Apple is watching you. Comcast is watching you. AT&T is watching you. Microsoft is watching you. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Good point. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm so confused...yesterday DUers said Apple was supposed to be Big Brother. |
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