Thread: Security on Kobo Accounts
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Old 02-18-2017, 11:26 PM   #28
davidfor
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Originally Posted by HRHReadsALot View Post
As indicated, I am new to this forum thing. My original post had a header "Security Issues on Kobo Accounts" and in the body of the message, I didn' t repeat it because I thought you would all read the header and carry on. My bad.
I think my message made it clear that my issue was with accessability to my books and personal information and the fact that Kobo does nothing to give people options to secure their accounts. I have, in fact, contacted Kobo and made my unhappiness known. By posting on this website, I had hoped to inspire enough other people to get as outraged about it as I am and then maybe Kobo would sit up and pay attention. Other than a couple of responses here, I am getting the idea that people are a bit laissez-faire about it all, so Kobo will see it has nothing to worry about!
It is of interest to me that someone posted that Kindle does have security options, so maybe it is time to dump Kobo and go with Kindle.
Sorry, but no it wasn't clear. The subject was clear. And the post then told me you were worried about something, but not what. Were you worried about the physical security of the device, or did you know of a way to hack the Kobo server? Or maybe you knew that someone had stolen all the account details from Kobo.

As to our attitude towards it, "laissez-faire" is probably about right. I looked at it the last time this came up and wasn't that worried. I have looked at it a bit more, and am even less worried. Yes, it isn't good and it is something Kobo should change, but the loss if I lose my device is going to be device, nothing else.
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