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Old 04-24-2011, 08:18 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by w_mark View Post
Sure - go read the source code - have you or anyone else here done that?
Yes, there have easily been dozens of programmers through the source code in the last year. As an open source project the more popular the program the higher degree of confidence you can have that there is nothing below board going on.

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I asked a simple question as to what is being transferred. For whatever reason the developer won't give an open and honest answer. Therefore I ask - out in the open - what else is being collected and for what purpose?
It is safe to say that if calibre was collecting any more info than needed to function this board would be replete with examples of what, where and how and folks demanding that the practice stop. Your simple question is fine but born out of an ignorance of the sheer size and volume of the community outcry that happens when any open source project steps across that line.

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The point Kovid and dwanthny trying to make is it doesn't matter what answer your given. It can easily be a lie (often time with commercial software it is). The only way for you to 100% know what is being collected is to audit the source code yourself.
Thanks user_none I thought what I was saying was obvious, I guess not.

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