03-17-2014, 03:23 AM | #1 |
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freetime stats without parental controls
Hey all!
I just got joined and got my KPW2 jailbroken! I'm having a problem with kindle FreeTime. Freetime allows parents to track their kids reading habits, while automatically restricting certain types of content (wikipedia & experimental browser). I'm working on a speed reading course, and the user data that Freetime collects is very useful to me-- stuff like how many pages I read today and how long I spent reading them. Here's what I'm talking about: But for some reason, Amazon has inexplicably made it so that this data is ONLY available through FreeTime. If I want to access this data, I have to jump through hoops every time I want to read, and often have to exit and re-enter freetime multiple times per reading session (I'm a compulsive Wiki checker). It gets frustrating. I'd like to know if it would be possible to either enable Wikipedia in FreeTime, or port the Achievements/reading data into the main device UI. Any ideas would be much appreciated; just point me in the right direction. I searched the forums and found nothing, which is why I posted here. If this is the wrong place, let me know. If there's no easy fix... I guess I'll just have to start learning Java! Thanks! Last edited by kneelb4zod; 03-17-2014 at 03:58 AM. Reason: more info |
03-17-2014, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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Well, perhaps if you switched from Martin to Heinlein . . . .
Have you checked if those reading habits data are being sent to Amazon or (the same thing) being kept on Amazon's cloud? I ask because the developers concerned with privacy issues might become interested in separating this feature from Amazon's data mining operation. |
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03-17-2014, 09:55 PM | #3 | |
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As far as privacy is concerned, it appears that amazon does collect this info, which they claim is "not personally identifiable". Edit: I opened up the freetime.db file from the root \system\freetime\ folder. It's mostly gibberish to me, but there is a string of lines that seem to be tying certain classes of data to my amazon account. I've pasted it below, perhaps it's meaningful to somebody. Code:
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03-18-2014, 11:32 AM | #4 |
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Just the fact that it is there may be enough to interest some of the developers here.
Thanks for your trouble doing that. |
03-18-2014, 12:18 PM | #5 |
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I've been thinking that I'd like those features available w/o setting up profiles as well, so I sent an e-mail to kindle-feedback. It'd be nice if everybody in this thread did the same as it might encourage them to put it in w/o requiring a jailbreak.
<<assuming that you're OK with the potential tracking, which is surely happening anyhow>> |
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03-18-2014, 12:35 PM | #6 | |
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I got a response from Amazon:
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I'd be very surprised if Amazon reps answered each feedback with a custom message, but I'm also surprised to see the agents apparently pasting together bits and pieces to compose the message rather than using a polished form letter. Maybe it's all part of their plan to make it seem like they're actually reading our feedback? Edit: BTW, "all ages" isn't quite what I asked for... I said "without creating profiles and locking the device down" giving the justification that it would "be good for my own inspiration". |
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03-18-2014, 01:02 PM | #7 | |
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Well for comparison, here's a response I recently got to my feedback about fonts:
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03-18-2014, 03:14 PM | #8 |
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It appears that I've inadvertently hijacked the thread, but it's interesting that the response vary quite a bit and both have poor English and are signed with Indian names. I wonder if they've outsourced the responses to India.
The most interesting response I've ever received was when I reported the frontlight battery drain bug to kindle-feedback in Oct 2012. Apparently I was one of the first to report it as I received numerous phone calls directly from the developers asking me for logs and steps to reproduce. |
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