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Originally Posted by Odessa
Can Kobo know what non-Kobo books I load on its reader, read my notes, etc ? Do they have the theoretical possibility ? I assume it's unavoidable on Kobo books. Are they known to do it ? What about Adobe ?
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Kobo does not keep track of books not purchased from Kobo other than pages read and books finished. As for Adobe? There were issues with a couple of versions of ADE that called home and did it in the clear to make matters worse. As near as I can tell, ADE 2.0.1 and ADE 4.5.xx do not do so.
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Originally Posted by Odessa
How to make sure I can still read my paid-for books if Kobo disappears or closes my account ? What about Adobe?
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Download your books, remove DRM and back them up. I'm not sure why you keep mentioning Adobe since they are not an ebook vendor. Basically, for any vendor, follow the same download, remove DRM and back up.
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Originally Posted by Odessa
I have linked my Libra to my Kobo account, and I don't see any way either to change the email address on the reader, to disconnect it from the account, or to close the account. Attempting to disconnect actually seems to wipe all the Wifi information, and the Wifi password needs to be input again.
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If you are logging out, that behaviour would be expected. After all, if you are doing this before reselling the Libra, do you want the new owner to use your WiFi.
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Originally Posted by Odessa
Is it possible to de-link the Libra from the Kobo account once it's been linked ? Is it possible to use a Libra without an account ? What are the consequences in both cases?
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You can easily de-link your Libra. Go to Settings/Accounts and tap on Sign Out. My personal suggestion is that if you don't want your Kobo tied to a real email account is to either create a real free email account for that purpose only or since Kobo does not appear to test or error check an account, create one such as not_a_real_email.nowheres.net.
Oddly, the Kobo that I used a real single purpose email account on has only received one email in it's 6 year existence so I can't say that Kobo is selling email addresses.
OTOH, there have been several times where faking registration by writing to the database has caused issues with later firmware updates.