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Originally Posted by Tarana
I just received this notice on Feb 28. I'm annoyed, not that they are discontinuing support but that they didn't bother to give any warning so that I could download stuff to this older ereader before being cut off.
We have important news for you regarding your Kobo Wireless eReader.
Part of our commitment to providing the best possible reading experience means keeping up with the latest advances in eReader technology and internet security protocols. With this in mind, we will need to discontinue support for some of our earliest products manufactured before 2014.
As of February 28, the Kobo Wireless eReader will no longer be supported by Rakuten Kobo*. This means it will no longer receive software updates, and will not be able to connect to the Kobo eBookstore. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Rest assured that no items in your Kobo library will be affected; you will continue to have access to all reading material you have purchased or downloaded from Rakuten Kobo.
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Rather odd. I received a notice at the end of January (28th or 29th) and then second notices on Feb. 28th for both my Mini and my Kobo Wireless.
There was quite a bit of discussion at the end of January Basically, the Kobo Wireless is not capable of being updated to handle TLS 1.1/TLS 1.2 while the Mini's factory firmware is not capable of TLS 1.1/1.2 but later firmwares are. Life is tough and SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 are decades old and no longer considered secure.