Thank you all for your advice. Narrowing down from your answers :
- I'd rather not use the fake registration hack.
- I need to have Wifi access at least at times, because looking up words in Wikipedia or Google is a killer feature to me.
- I have an infinite supply of email addresses through Anonaddy (and I recommend it).
New question : where are notes and highlights stored ? I assume they are on the Libra, but aren't they also on the server ? Otherwise, how could they sync ? That's a feature I'll use.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
Kobo knows nothing about your sideloaded books. There is some usage tracking but, my understanding is that it tracking how you use the device without necessarily tracking what actual books you are reading. This reporting can be turned off in the settings.
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How do you turn off the reporting in the settings ? I haven't been able to find the option.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
And if you never connect via WiFi, it won't be uploaded to Kobo.
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The important word here is never, right ?
Also, do you mean no tracking occurs when the Libra is synced while plugged into the PC ? Because I would need to update the firmware from time to time, and this can be done through USB instead of Wifi, can't it ?
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Originally Posted by davidfor
That should delete the account, remove your access to any books.
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Meaning, you lose your money and have to buy the books again, unless you have de-DRMed them beforehand. Correct ?
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Originally Posted by John F
So the OP could use a real email (or fake) for purchases, use a seperate fake email for registering his Kobo (or use the database hack), turn off wifi on the Kobo, and Kobo would have as little information as possible. Assuming he downloads and strips drm and sideloads.
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This would mean creating two Kobo accounts, wouldn't it ?
Would this entail the loss of some features ?
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
As others mentioned using a kobo without an account has led to issues in the past with firmware updates destroying everything. You need to either use the fake registration hack and deal with the consequences or have an account logged in. You can log out to switch accounts or to sell it but to use it, it must be logged in.
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So one could create several accounts ? Since "logging out" on the Libra is a pain, because you need to do the whole setup again, could there be any significant advantages to having several accounts ?