Thread: Disable Activity tracking?
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Old 12-24-2019, 12:45 AM   #8
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Alastair_S View Post
uncleungie, I was going to post the same thing.

David, the issue is not one of whether-or-not it is sending data to Kobo, it is about the device now tracking (that is timing) what you read. Like uncleungie I don't want to know this sort of information, I read for pleasure and I don't want to turn reading into some sort of game or competition. You may say that you can avoid checking the "Activity" page but I have just finished a book only to be presented with a page of reading statistics, an unwanted intrusion I do not wish to see, which means that you cannot avoid this information.
The end of book stats/rating page is only displayed for purchased kepubs. I would have been surprised if this was turned off when you had the tracking turned off. It isn't something I have ever tested as I like the stats.
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I have found that checking then unchecking "Automatically share data about the features you use" resets the timer to zero, but I would much prefer the return of disabling tracking (timing) completely.
Just testing all this, and it appears to have changed. And I think I'll take credit for it. The last time this was discussed, which was someone complaining that the stats were not kept when the data sharing was turned off, I asked Kobo about it. At the time, I was told that they couldn't be separated easily. Apparently, they have worked out how to do it.

As @PeterT suggested, it would be possible to use a database trigger to delete the entries in the Event table. That is the primary source of the stats you don't want to see.
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