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Originally Posted by mirage
So I do prefer to be as anonymous as I can be when I get whatever ereader I end up buying. Not because I'm stealing anything, not because I don't want Kobo or whatever entity to know my name, but because I prefer to make the effort to maintain some semblance of control over what I do and who gets to know about it and profit from it, just like I eat good food and take care of myself even though I won't live forever no matter how hard I try.
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That is entirely reasonable.
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The OP here was mercilessly attacked. But she/he was honest, respectful, and principled.
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I think if you read through the thread again, nobody jumped on the OPs back until it was made clear that 'shared copies' of books would be downloaded (notice my attempt to remain neutral and not use the 'loaded words' the OP complained about). That's what got everyone piling on.
And, as others mentioned, the OP is still here and still posting.
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Originally Posted by mirage
People speculated that when people post about wanting privacy with respect to ereaders that it must be because they want to steal books. That's not a fair or accurate conjecture to make, which is why I went on so long about it all. People's motivations about privacy issues aren't usually because they feel the need to hide something sordid. Quite the contrary.
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I think one person made those speculations. The desire for privacy is well and good. But there have to be some sort of limits just because of how things work. The fact that you do buy your ebooks and so on shows that you agree with me.
By all means, protect your privacy. But when it gets to the point that you won't even use a false email address to register a device and you don't have a bank account (which I think was mentioned at some point?) and you aren't planning to read freely available PD books, then how do you get books for your reader?
Once you get that privacy-minded, then ebooks just aren't likely a viable thing for you.