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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
Though sometimes get pawned.
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People do not get sold to a pawn shop.
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
Note, I think the Kobo ereaders have FAR more privacy than any App or Android random make and also far more than Amazon for USB/Sideloaded ebooks that have no DRM. Amazon app on Android is the worst. Amazon ereader with WiFi and Amazon books via Unlimited / Prime is next worst.
DRM can reduce privacy.
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eBooks reduce privacy. At the very least you have to download them online. I side load all eBooks I read with my H2O. But I get most from Overdrive or I buy. But if I was afraid of giving up privacy, I'd stick to pBooks and pay cash. But then I'd loose my right to choose. I do call it being paranoid when you are that afraid of your Reader that you have to go to absurd lengths to try to keep your information from getting out. I don't care that Overdrive knows what I've downloaded. I don't care that Kobo or Amazon know what eBooks are in my library. I don't have any fear that something will happen if I read a certain book. I live my life without hiding in the shadows because I don't want to do that. You have to have your information out there. Given that you have more to lose from having a bank account and/or a credit card, I see no reason that eBooks would be worse if your reading habits got out.