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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
There is one reader right now (the Kobo Sage?) that has a glitch that can kick on the WiFi when messing with the settings. But that is a software error rather than a nefarious plan.
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Elipsa too. But it's obvious and easy to turn off.
If you have a proper firewall / router configured properly then even PCs need a browser with javascript and no protection to get hacked. It's the javascript via a website and the browser.
1) It's a hardly feasible attack on a browser on an ereader. Don't run the browser which is rubbish anyway compared to tablet or phone.
2) Maybe some Android based eink with Google Framework on (and some you can turn it off!) have a privacy issue. But not Kobo.
3) Even on Android it doesn't leak if data disabled on Mobile and WiFi off.
If you are really concerned, change the router WiFi password after initial registration. Kobo has never used my email address (I gave them a working one only used for the Kobo) and Amazon only for the notification of purchases.
But I don't turn on WiFi on any of my ereaders as it wastes battery and looking up Wikipedia or whatever is far better / faster on laptop, or even on tablet including wake and turning on WiFi. I only turn on Tablet WiFi when needing internet (real POP3 email, web, playstore, Belinda Borrow box for library or Viber chat).
Viber has same owner as Kobo. But you'd not guess.
I have one Android eink for reading library books and I only turn on the Google Framework for either Playstore access or (rarely) Google PlayBooks. I only turn on the Wifi for Pop3 email (K9 email), Playstore, borrow or return county library books or check for updates. A Boyue Mars.
I use Kobo Libra (original) for all most all bought or public domain ebooks or proofing unpublished work.
Started using an Elipsa as eWriter and occasional scanned PDFs too big for the Mars.