Sure, but what about potential loss of sales of the kindle by more privacy conscious users? Remember the Sony rootkit debacle a few years ago? No end users wer

Sure, but what about potential loss of sales of the kindle by more privacy conscious users? Remember the Sony rootkit debacle a few years ago? No end users were really affected by it, but it was a huge PR disaster for them. Not saying that the current case is analogous but we cannot fortell how people will react to such sneaky behavior.