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Originally Posted by taming
Many (most) of the other reading devices use a slightly different ADE encryption. B&N's is tied to your credit card number. The ADE used by Sony and Kobo, for example, is not. To read on ADE encrypted book bought from B&N on my Kobo eink device, I have to strip the drm.
This is not true of books bought from Sony, Google Play, Diesel, etc.
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Most ADE encryption is the same. B&N's encryption is not part of ADE.
The ability to read encrypted ebooks is a function of the reading software;
The Adobe Reader Mobile versions that include the ability to read ebooks
encrypted in both ADE and B&N DRM scams are distributed in the ADE
package licensed to device makers.
The ADE encryption scam is totally dependent upon interaction with the
Adobe servers, and requires an authorization of each device. The B&N
DRM scam is functional without needing a device authorization or access
to a server, it uses a hash of data you used to make the purchase.
That Kobo chose to not implement a reading software that can handle
B&N encrypted, is not surprising. If you had a device that can work
with the B&N DRM the lack of the internet or any server site, would not
prevent your decrypting and reading your B&N purchased ebook.
I personally remove any DRM upon purchase, for my Kobo as well as for
my jetBook Lite which can read encrypted ebooks it either of those DRM
scams.
Luck;
Ken