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Old 07-02-2010, 11:21 AM   #21
bgalbrecht
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
Because their DRM scheme is based on your name and credit card number, both of which are encoded into the downloaded file.
The DRM scheme saves an encoded value. I suspect that it's a one-way hash, since one of the DRM strippers for the eReader DRM, also used by the ePub DRM only needed the last 8 digits of the credit card, not the entire 16. I know that on the Nook, they only save the encrypted hash and not the name and credit card.

The credit card I use is a virtual credit card with a dollar or two credit limit. If you don't want B&N to have "your credit card", get one of those "gift" credit cards and register it at B&N.

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