Thread: overdrive vs Adobe ID
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Old 11-13-2017, 05:58 PM   #9
davidfor
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Originally Posted by stumped View Post
so how does it work ( from a security perspective - if ADE is not involved. does overdrive see the KA1 as some sort of trusted device and just hands it the files to display & then to auto delete at end of loan ? i assume it does something to render the books unreadable if someone copies them off of the device.
The books are protected using the Kobo DRM rather than the Adobe DRM. When you borrow a book using OD, the Kobo store is told about it. If the book matches a book in the Kobo store it is added to your Kobo library. The book is downloaded from the store and will have Kobo DRM.
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