# Kindle Collects a Surprisingly Large Amount of Data - Host: [nullsweep.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/nullsweep.com/) - Saved: August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28T21:06:38Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b30f0186cab8/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b30f0186cab8.json ## What Jamie wrote I have always assumed that the Kindle collects a tremendous amount of information about what you are reading. Seeing it all spelled out like this makes it more meaningful. > Every page that is read sends the following information: > > - Time a page was opened (when you turn to a new page, a timestamp is generated) > - The first character on the page (This might be something like character 7705 in the book, which is the exact location) > - The last character on the page > - If the page is images or text This information isn't for you, it’s for Amazon to determine what you are reading. It creeps me out to think that I would be advertised a certain product because a book I’m reading is related to it. However, that is certainly happening. For reasons I can’t put my finger on, it feels more invasive because it is happening around reading. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT155: Weekly Thing #155 / Menu Engineers, Halo, RFC8890](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/155/), Must Read ## Saved the same week - [Frog and Toad Tentatively Go Outside After Months In Self-Quarantine - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b929bb7f2bd1/) (mcsweeneys.net, August 28, 2020) - [.new - Google Registry](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/372433c24d5a/) (whats.new, August 30, 2020) - [How to Choose Software Development KPIs for Your Board Deck](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e4beebcb0f57/) (codeclimate.com, August 30, 2020) - [Praise for alleged Kenosha shooter proliferates on Facebook despite supposed ban | Facebook | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/30988738303b/) (theguardian.com, August 30, 2020) - [The reality of Black pain is breaking American sports' status quo](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bc47d9201ae8/) (espn.com, August 30, 2020) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://nullsweep.com/kindle-collects-a-surprisingly-large-amount-of-data/