Actually, according to the article:<p>&gt; For those with a dead battery or who are not inclined to take their smartphone out of their pocket, there are a few scanners around the bookstore, which you can use to scan books and discover their prices.<p>People who refuse to install the Amazon app are also very unlikely to visit the Amazon store. Just get your books elsewhere.<p>Also your link has nothing to do with security issues in the Amazon app and is just a ranking from the EFF for how companies respond to records requests.<p>&gt; Amazon, Snapchat and AT&amp;T rank among the least trustworthy technology companies when it comes to how they handle government data requests, according to a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.