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Old 01-16-2016, 04:10 AM   #5
chaley
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Originally Posted by Rewarp View Post
I would like to point out that this is a particularly annoying flaw. I am used to switching to my own private network which is not connected to the Internet for moving books between my devices. But why should a product that was clearly authenticated because I installed it directly from the Play Store suddenly lose its authentication when it is used separate from the Internet?
It isn't a flaw. CC has no idea and cannot find out how you installed it or where the APK came from, which could be any number of "pseudo app stores." Furthermore, CC doesn't "lose its authentication", instead having never authenticated because it waits for a bit (an hour or so) to be sure that the Google Play servers are updated. Even furthermore, CC authenticates exactly once and never checks again. If that one authentication has taken place then unless you are uninstalling and reinstalling the app, moving to a non-internet-connected network will not require rechecking the license.
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Originally Posted by PeterT View Post
The author has recently said he is reconsidering the licensing checks within CC and might be removing them.
After much discussion amongst us, we have decided that we won't remove the one-time check.

I am still looking for ways to deal with devices that don't/can't have the Google Play services installed, such as a lot of e-ink android devices.
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