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Originally Posted by sasaki
Unfortunately the link to the script is dead. Could someone help me getting it ? I could possibly modify the host file myself with ssh as it seems to be the same folders structure than unix/linux, but I would prefer having the original file. I'm not confident enough in my networking knowledge.
That thread is really of a great quality. It describes precisely which data are being sent and how. As the post dates back to 2011, and according my recent reading of kobo's privacy policy, I assume the things have probably changed now. Nevertheless, it indicates kobo's practices are less invasive than google or other actors, while being "creepy" enough to justify disabling them and not creating an account.
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There is zero need.
The Kobo privacy policy is mostly to do with buying books on their site.
When you register a Kindle (unless you use a gift cert), you have to give them a real email, a real address, name and payment method.
When you register a kobo you ONLY give them and email, which is probably never used or given away (unless you buy ebooks on the web site) as in 6 years only my own test emails.
BUT you can use an imaginary email user on an imaginary domain for that one piece of personal information. They do not send confirmation, ask for payment method etc.
I could block the Kobo reporting on the Kobo or my Firewall, but there is absolutely no need because I don't ever turn on the WiFi. The only values of the WiFi is if you have no computer at all to sideload and update, OR if you have more than one Kobo and only books bought from kobo to Sync, OR possibly DropBox direct. However I can't see the point of Dropbox direct when all the ebooks are managed by Calibre.
So register with imaginary or real email then turn off WiFi forever. There is no point to the Web browser as it has no privacy or security tools and is poor. There is no value to Sync for you.