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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Actually the agreement between Adobe and B&N calls for a social password which may and likely will be different from the credit card number. We will just have to wait and see what Adobe does with this.
Dale
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My understanding of what is meant by a social password in this context is that is will work similar to current eReader DRM, in that you would not want to post it on BitTorrent so anyone can read a DRM'd file you upload. If a social password was like the username/password combo you use for forum sites like MobileRead, it won't do much to prevent piracy.
I honestly am not sure what other piece of identifying information they could use that would be as ubiquitous as the credit card number. Not everyone has a SSN or Driver's License number (and that is just based on identifying data in the U.S), and what other piece of data is unique to you but you would be very unlikely to share?
While the press release doesn't come out and say it, I'll be very surprised if the social password isn't the name/credit card number.