[issybird]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I guess it could be, but mostly I think it's people wanting to hang on to a shred of privacy.

Having said that, I will admit I grow weary of any post here from a new user that starts out with mentioning they want some sort of absolute privacy.

I do often think those users likely do swipe their ebooks.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm of the mind that most are looking for privacy in order not to be caught reading eBooks that they didn't buy. And from here on out, whenever someone says they want privacy, I'm going to flat out ask why and mention stealing eBooks.

Please don’t. This doesn’t go just for the two posts I quoted (I just pulled up two and am not targeting anyone specifically) but as a general caution to others who also engage in the game. We are not the internet police and entrapment serves no purpose. So long as a poster, noob or old hand, doesn’t state of their own accord that they’re pirating books, let it go - even if you’re 100% positive that’s what’s happening. Report it, if it’s close to the line and let a mod snuff it, rather than escalate the situation.

If you don’t want to help them in their (suspected) nefarious practices, don’t. Silence can be the best policy. But incipient flame wars with pirates which are waiting on a mod to put out the fires are really not the best look for the forum.