More on the MiniStore

[Apple, iTunes]

KIRKVILLE has a very good explanation and analysis of the iTunes
MiniStore situation. Not sure if this has reached beyond the real
hard-core privacy crowd so I hesitate to call it a conundrum just yet.

Sample: [...]there may be nothing nefarious about this, but in a time
when much software tracks users' habits with impunity, when
librarians are asked to record and report readers' book selections,
when the US government wire-taps people without court orders, and
when cellphone records are available for sale on the Internet, it is
no surprise that some people get worried about tiny encroachments to
privacy[...]

http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20060112110630773