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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Because unless I've misunderstood something, the idea of making it possible to identify who purchased the ebook FROM the epub file is NOT what ereaders have been doing.
I buy from Kobo, I get an Adobe DRM book. You need my credentials to read it, yes, but if someone hacks my computer and grabs the file (or intercepts it during download), they can't extract my credentials. My name, my credit card information, etc. are NOT embedded in the epub coming from the Adobe servers.
Same with the B&N social DRM -- I don't think it's possible to intercept the download and extract the CC# from the epub, because I don't think the CC# is IN the epub.
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Pretty sure for eReader, the credit card name and number are embedded in the file - just not in a form that you can easily read. It's likely stored kinda like:
Code:
Rmlyc3ROYW1lIE0uSS4gTGFzdE5hbWUNCjAwMDAgMDAwMCAwMDAwIDAwMDA=
but with much stronger encryption.