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Originally Posted by stxopher
1) a secure ID chip on the hardware and
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Second, the first. (sigh, really, I had a english teacher in school. They learned me good!) A secure ID chip. Something that is an accepted form of identification for that unit by all (not just a mobi, ereader or kindle number). Why? To ease the panicky jumping and skittish behavior of publishers and help bring libraries and ereaders together. Libraries still have to pay for books and have to keep track of how many times each went out. A secure chip would let libraries (or even businesses with time sensitive data) lend out the book to a particular reader for a certain time while the publishers can take comfort in knowing that the lent books is a single lend and not copied, transferred or enjoyed by anyone but the person it was lent to.
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My ideal reader would certainly not have this.
1 - A username/password is a perfectly capacle form of identification.
2 - Trust. Let the library trust you. Or the publisher trust you. Rather than the other way around. Would you rather have trust placed in individuals or corporations?
