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Originally Posted by crasspumpkins
Those policies aren't worth the paper they're printed on (so to speak). Odessa's concerns are about having their access to books revoked or their highlights / notes tracked. As well, it appears the policy speaks to what they do on the website, not what they collect from the devices. Would be interested in a link to what they collect from the devices.
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I've never once read of anyone losing access to their Kobo purchased eBooks.
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The registration hack is not so difficult. Using a one-time email address is a decent alternative, but keep in mind that tracking via email address is no longer necessary. It is merely one identifier. Corporations use IP address, MAC address, adjacent Bluetooth signals, WiFi SSIDs saved in memory... all of these to track people. If the concern is having your access to books revoked or your notes/highlights/page turns tracked, the best solution is to turn WiFi off and never turn it on again.
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The reg hack is worthless. a few times already Kobo has changed the firmware so that the hack was not valid requiring restarting. It's not worth the hassle. You could create a GMail or an Outlook account just for use with Kobo if you want. I would not use an invalid email address. It's not worth it.
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You can still buy books from the Kobo store and side load them. Just be sure to strip the DRM from it so you don't have to use ADE.
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That's what I do. But, I do not download KePub. I download ePub as ePub is the format for the copy to keep. So I do have to use ADE. if I want KePub, I have a choice of tools to convert ePub to KePub.