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Originally Posted by VA1DER
Privacy disappears in inverse ratio to your willingness to fight for it. If you don't fight for it, you don't get it. More than that, it's not up to you to tell other people that they shouldn't strive for it.
I just bought a used Kobo GLO HD to replace one that won't USB-connect any more. I used the sqlite method and inserted a row to give me access without registering. I used DB Browser for SQLite for the editing.
The best thing this buys you isn't even the privacy, it buys you a MUCH better firmware. The current firmwares are nothing but ads all over the front page. I have firmware 3.19.5761 on mine. My home screen is a thing of beauty. Books I'm reading, collections I've accessed, books I've just finished. Not an ad anywhere.
And even better, it has a removable sdcard so I can back up my entire firmware and collection. |
Online privacy is a fallacy. You cannot do much these days without having to give information about yourself. You want to buy an eBook, you have to give the site some information about you. You want a library card, you have to give information. You want a bank account, you have to give some information. You want to pay be a credit card or PayPal, you have to give information.
The problem that you may run into is that any sort of add-ons you may want to run may not work because you are on so old a firmware. The other thing is that Kobo has sped up reading ePub. It's faster and highlighting it a lot easier then it was back in your firmware's day. Also, Kobo has really improved the dictionaries. If you want all the improvements to your reading experience, you'll need to update the firmware.
I've had a Kobo for almost 10 years. Black Friday weekend will be 10 years. I've never had any privacy issues with with my Kobo or with Kobo. Kobo is a Canadian company and they take privacy laws very seriously.
I do keep WiFi off because I don't sync and I don't want to get hit with a firmware update that I don't want just yet.