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Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux
Depending upon the specific device, any, or all of the following can be on, even though you explicitly turned them off:
* Cell tower data;
* GPS;
* Bluetooth;
* Wifi;
* RFD;
There is a reason why privacy advocates are looking for electronic devices with explicit hardware switches that turn wifi, blutooth, cellular service, etc. off, by physically disconnecting them from the rest of the device.
Software on/off switches are merely for the delusions that they fabricate in the mind of their victims.
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Most ereaders don't have mobile (Cell tower). It can be off.
WiFi can be off.
I've not heard of any major ereader with GPS or RFID.
Few have Bluetooth and it can be off.
I've five makes/brands of ereader and only one (Amazon) needs a real email address to set it up. You can skip address & payment card if you have a US marketplace $1 gift voucher sent to that email address.
So you are blowing up the tracking way out of proportion compared to Google's Android, Microsoft, Apple and Adobe.
There is no need even on the Kindle to ever turn on Wifi after registration, and no need ever for the Bluetooth (only most recent models and only needed for Audible) as phone with an App will manage Audible books better and more portably.
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GPS can't track you, ever. It's only used as data by an OS or application that does "call home" via Cellular or WiFi. It's multiple receivers.
Tracking via WiFi is easily blocked by your router and avoided by turning off WiFi.
RFID is very very short range, unless someone has a giant aerial in canvas sided truck.
Bluetooth is very short range and hard to use for tracking. Turn it off if not using it.
Generally SW switches for WiFi, Mobile and Bluetooth are obvious if lying, the power consumption on a portable device is significant. It's true that Google, Facebook etc have lied about location tracking, but not about turning off Bluetooth, WiFi or Mobile. That's too obviously detected.
Also a Kobo only needs a FAKE email address to register and never needs WiFi ever again.
So tracking isn't an issue for ereaders AT ALL, only ebooks bought from Amazon or others directly on the ereader. You can still buy Amazon ebooks and download to PC and never turn on WiFi or 3G, if you registered the ereader.
Adobe does track use of their DRM (sales or library).
So the only tracking issue is buying books and the real issue there is the DRM, not the ereader. This project does nothing at all to address that.