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Old 03-01-2009, 02:23 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Manichean View Post
To be honest, I lack the technical knowledge to do that, though it would be interesting. And I personally think that the PID should be readable in the datastream- it's not supersecret like credentials for onlinebanking or some such, so I doubt Mobipocket went to any length in protecting the data.
No I agree with that. But, I assume it is the volume id (same as used in a pc) that is sent, and the mobipocket software calculates the PID from that info.

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