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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I can't help it if the EFF (an organization I support) isn't clear enough for you. Nonetheless, it is true.
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Well, I would prefer to not take someone's word for it and I read pretty good and the EFF was pretty clear and I don't see anything that says
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
To be clear, that would be book searches in the Kobo store done using WiFi or using the Kobo app or desktop program.
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anywhere. If it's so clear, where are you getting that info?
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Aside from my initial setup, I never turn on WiFi on any of my e-readers. I do wear enough of a tin-foil hat that I prefer to sideload even when I bought from B&N and read on a Nook. Though I admit, I mainly turn off WiFi because it feels unnecessary to me since I'm going to Alf all my books anyway and likely edit them, so may as well sideload.
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Yea if you are using a nook, you probably don't ever want to turn on wifi even if you are sideloading if you care about your privacy.
Same source:
https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012
Barnes & Noble tracks purchases made from a logged-in Barnes & Noble account, including through the Nook store. It also collects information, including “sideloaded content,” through the device’s interaction with the Internet.
Of course, if you never use wifi, it's moot.
Personally I don't mind wifi, as it's sometimes is useful to transfer books without attaching to a PC. I am the same however as I only turned on my wifi on my new device to set the time. I will be very interested in testing for myself what my Onyx does once it gets an IP.