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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
You know, that is an interesting issue I had never occurred to me before. I wonder how the Nook handles books bought with Gift Cards?
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Bill
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It doesn't matter if you use a gift card, you still need to have a valid, live credit card on file with B&N. The gift card pays for the download, but B&N uses the last 8 digits of the credit card on file to create a key to encrypt the book. (note that the credit card itself is not in the book file - the 8 digits are used to create a hash that unlocks the book).
I buy everything from B&N with the multitude of gift cards I get as gifts, but they still require a valid credit card.
eReader invented the "social" DRM, and they didn't require an active card. A real card number, yes, but not an active account.
However, with the new PCI compliance rules, B&N probably has to have a valid card that gets pinged for anti-fraud purposes.