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Old 02-13-2014, 11:11 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Nah, as long as they could decode it it's going to be a legal problem (unless it's opt-in). And asking people to enter encryption strings is not the way to go. I still say the encryption on the data they sync should be done via public-private keys, with the private key stored on the server encrypted with the Kobo login password. Unless they pull an Adobe, they don't have the password, so it becomes meaningless. And it survives password changes.
So why not make it opt-in? Is that how Amazon solved the legal issue?

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