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dpierron · 12-06-2009, 04:40 PM

Well, technically, that's true, and the security-concerned people would need to feel... well, let's say concerned

However, let's stay in the real world : I, personaly, am not afraid that someone would eavesdrop on my internet connection, and therefore finds out the address of my very private library...

First, it's only a library : I don't have any secrets stored encrypted deep inside any of my eBooks - except maybe Dan Brown's, but these secret can only be decrypted by the author

Then, if someone has the resources and the will to listen to my packets on my internet connection, then I will be afraid, because a lot of more important things are at stake here... But again, who are we to attract so much attention ?

So, to summarize : krystian is absolutely right, it is technically possible, if not easy, to listen to someone's communications and to guess the address of your private library ; but nobody would ever want to do that, in my humble opinion, and if someone would, what would on find that you wanted to hide ?

But anyway, it's an interesting point, and I'm going to research into the direction of private links with DropBox...

Cheers,
David.

12-06-2009, 04:40 PM	#87
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Well, technically, that's true, and the security-concerned people would need to feel... well, let's say concerned However, let's stay in the real world : I, personaly, am not afraid that someone would eavesdrop on my internet connection, and therefore finds out the address of my very private library... First, it's only a library : I don't have any secrets stored encrypted deep inside any of my eBooks - except maybe Dan Brown's, but these secret can only be decrypted by the author Then, if someone has the resources and the will to listen to my packets on my internet connection, then I will be afraid, because a lot of more important things are at stake here... But again, who are we to attract so much attention ? So, to summarize : krystian is absolutely right, it is technically possible, if not easy, to listen to someone's communications and to guess the address of your private library ; but nobody would ever want to do that, in my humble opinion, and if someone would, what would on find that you wanted to hide ? But anyway, it's an interesting point, and I'm going to research into the direction of private links with DropBox... Cheers, David.