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Originally Posted by =X=
As a mater of fact this can be done by ANY ebookReader. They all run sophisticated software under the hood (most have Linux as the OS) they all index books for faster search. And at any given time you must connect your device to a PC to transfer a book and at that point the data can be sent off.
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Hmm. I was prepared to say that I am quite certain that Sony cannot query my PRS-650 when I have it connected to my Linux PC.
Then I realized that I have, and may in the future, run Sony's software on WindowsXP in a VirtualBox. Since their software is a proprietary black box, they could have included the ability to detect and communicate back to big brother in a premeditated way.
I guess that's further justification and incentive for stripping DRM and copying it to the device without running the Sony software while connected.