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Old 09-20-2011, 04:50 PM   #16
Doug Pardee
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Originally Posted by user_none View Post
Except you cannot use a Nook (touch, I don't know about the others) without registering it with B&N. Activation is required otherwise you can't even use the device. Not everyone likes being tracked.
NOOK doesn't track you; it's not Kindle. Unless you turn on the page-sync option, B&N has no idea what you're doing with your NOOK. Of course, if you turn off the Wi-Fi, there's no way they can know what you're doing. Also of course, B&N knows which e-books you bought from them, whether you registered or not.

By the way, there is an easter-egg workaround for using a NOOK 2nd Edition without registering it. I don't remember it because I don't have one of those, but try searching for "skip oobe" (out-of-box experience).
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