Thread: How to make a Kobo private and vendor-independent ?
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Old 07-05-2021, 08:41 PM   #58
davidfor
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Originally Posted by crasspumpkins View Post
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.
Did you read @Odessa's first post? Preventing loss of the books is the third thing mentioned. And hasn't been mentioned since. Their primary concern seems to be privacy.
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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.
No, it is for all access to Kobo services no matter what means. It does mention through device, and it mentions actions that do not happen when using the store via the browser. Remember, this all started because @Odessa found the link to that privacy statement on their device. Then started complaining how hard it was to find. I mean, if looking at a page that has the word "Privacy" in the title wasn't a hint, then I don't know what was.
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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.

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.
Which has been heavily discussed throughout MobileRead for more years than I've been here. The information about this is very easy to find.
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