Not really liking this Amazon Silk idea. Open to manipulating web pages.—
Mike Cane (@mikecane) September 28, 2011
Amazon Silk! I'm hearing The Outer Limits Control Voice: "We will control what you see and hear…"—
Mike Cane (@mikecane) September 28, 2011
Silk's main goal has nothing to do with speed, it's how Amazon can gather more information and serve targeted ads—
Hadrien Gardeur (@Hadrien) September 28, 2011
And he is an attorney:
Pondering the various and serious #privacy implications of the "cloud-powered" Silk Browser announced for #KindleFire…—
Jonathan I. Ezor (@ProfJonathan) September 28, 2011
1) Amazon will receive *all* information within requested web page, including SSL-encrypted ones, before the user. #kindlefire #privacy—
Jonathan I. Ezor (@ProfJonathan) September 28, 2011
2) *Every* site's #privacy policy must now state, "we may share your personal information with Amazon.com." Because they will.—
Jonathan I. Ezor (@ProfJonathan) September 28, 2011
3) Amazon will receive innumerable demands for user data/browsing records (e.g. in child porn cases). Lucky legal dept. #privacy—
Jonathan I. Ezor (@ProfJonathan) September 28, 2011
Amazon Silk Terms & Conditions: is.gd/J5KjKl Note 30-day retention for use logs, and broken references to Amazon's #privacy policy.—
Jonathan I. Ezor (@ProfJonathan) September 28, 2011
My prediction: the blowback over #privacy issues for #KindleFire will dwarf the recent one over OnStar. @FTCgov will be watching for sure.—
Jonathan I. Ezor (@ProfJonathan) September 28, 2011
I’m hoping Amazon will have some good answers ready for these privacy questions. A cloud-powered browser could really help provide a good, speedy user experience, but they’ve got to allay a lot of legitimate concerns first.
I use Opera. It has a Turbo feature that is similar to Silk. I have kept it — and will keep it — turned off. I also delete everything after every session — even if I have to close the browser temporarily for any reason — and at shutdown before sleep.
Look out Google! Amazon is poaching your product: PEOPLE!