Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Downside - Data Harvesting

Hmmm.

There are some questions regarding what Amazon will be doing with the data accumulated by the Silk browser.

Never thought about that. Until now ...

The ComputerWorld article: Lawmaker dissatisfied with Amazon's answers on Kindle Fire's data harvesting By Gregg Keizer November 30, 2011 provides a couple more details, if you're interested.

12/13/11 UPDATE: With the first public upgrade, indications are that this will be configurable, making it a non-issue. Good thinking Amazon.

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