Just found Amazon logs details about kids

2 points by Thisisthefuture ↗ HN
After requesting a Amazon Data Download I found the folder stats" folder Devices.Kindle.FreeTime.zip (the account had a Kindle HD tablet) inside it are logs on kids. Doing a grep search across the entire directory of all downloads returns

"log_timestamp", "child_num", "min_age", "max_age"

"event_source", "is_prime", "is_free_trial", "child_count", "log_timestamp_TIMEZONE"

"asin_or_character_title", "content_location", "tap_row_index", "tap_column_index" ,"media_type", "tab_name", "tap_datetime", "marketplace_id", "child_number", "child_gender", "child_age", "device_orientation" ,"country_of_residence" ,"media_item_id" "asin" ,"media_type" ,"content_stream_end_time" ,"time_spent_in_seconds" ,"content_close_reason" ,"child number" ,"child_gender" ,"child_age" ,"device_orientation" ,"country_of_residence" ,"marketplace_id","app_package_version" ,"is_device_online" ,"item_id" ,"title","operating_system" ,"system_locale" ,"tap_row_index" ,"page type" , "tap_column_index"

They also track when you click play pause or skip on audio, how long it was played, what you like and dislike, provide a negative or positive value on tracks and record every single tap. (seriously look at! Kindle.Devices.HomePage.Actions.Ereader.csv ) also logged is the time you add or delete a wifi network (Profile Delete Confirmation) and just hundreds and hundreds of logs.

amazon also saves a recording and audio transcript of everything you ask with a corresponding ID to the recording.

Take a look at Amazon history if you have an account. Request your data and go through it on linux it's pretty mind-blowing.

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This isn't very surprising?

Logging the kids ages is presumably for accessing content that's age restricted.

So what? This is how the Internet works.
This is pretty much complete surveillance of the device. I have a kindle myself. Should have used another device. Pircacy of ebooks doesn't have the problem and it might be time to go back to that until behavior changes.