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Originally Posted by JeanPierre
The key words here being "To me". There are other reasons for using the wifi connection other than syncing, and other users make use of them. This argument is nonsense unless you're a solipsist. Syncing as a consequence of turning on wifi is a side-effect, not an explicit invocation. An explicit invocation of sync is pressing the sync button only.
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I realize others have a different expectations. That's why I made a specific point of saying "to me." If I didn't want my Kobo syncing at all, I'd turn off wifi and use another device for Google, etc. As I said, I see being able to do those other things on the reader itself as a side benefit of leaving wifi on. The main reason I leave wifi on is to keep everything in sync.
I'm not arguing that you should feel the same. You seemed to be curious what other people were thinking so I was sharing my thoughts.
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Originally Posted by JeanPierre
By this rationale you shouldn't be surprised to learn that a device with a wifi radio called back home even with wifi off then. You appear to be indifferent in attitude to your devices sharing information without your knowledge or consent. Your personal indifference to it doesn't make it sound design (to ignore any ethical or legal dimensions completely).
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I would be really annoyed if wifi turned on by itself. But when I have it on, I'm okay with it syncing up my Kobo, Pocket, Overdrive accounts, etc. I don't want it doing anything with Facebook so I don't have that account linked.
I'm not indifferent to the possibility of info going out to the internet through wifi connections. I definitely think twice about any device I give internet access. Because even if there were an option to turn off Kobo's syncing and leave wifi on, I'd wouldn't be surprised to read the fine print and learn that some anonymized info was still being collected.