7" ereader with physical page turn buttons and an eink Carta 1300 screen

[DNSB]

For what it may be worth, one on-line acquaintance had Google Chrome password sharing enabled. This resulted in his old Android 6 ereader being hacked and his passwords being downloaded. Luckily since he has 2FA enabled on his critical accounts, this resulted in him receiving emails from multiple sites about attempts to access his account instead of having his bank account drained and online shopping maxing out his credit card.

[Gormagon]

Originally Posted by apastuszak

That is totally not true. If it has Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, it needs security updates.

No, it does not, depending on your use case, of course, like I mentioned.

Originally Posted by apastuszak

There are botnets on the Inernet now made of smartbulbs, DVRs, and even e-readers.

And all these botnets will penetrate my device with an older Android when I enable BT to connect a remote control or headphones or when I visit mobileread.com with a browser with JS disabled...
You are a little paranoid, aren't you?

I don't know what DRVs are. I only know DRV as acronym for darunavir. But who knows what pharmaceutical companies put into their product these days...maybe even a BT sender and receiver.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by apastuszak

There are botnets on the Inernet now made of smartbulbs, DVRs, and even e-readers.

Originally Posted by Gormagon

I don't know what DRVs are. I only know DRV as acronym for darunavir. But who knows what pharmaceutical companies put into their product these days...maybe even a BT sender and receiver.

A DVR in this context is likely a digital video recorder.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

For what it may be worth, one on-line acquaintance had Google Chrome password sharing enabled. This resulted in his old Android 6 ereader being hacked and his passwords being downloaded. Luckily since he has 2FA enabled on his critical accounts, this resulted in him receiving emails from multiple sites about attempts to access his account instead of having his bank account drained and online shopping maxing out his credit card.

No bank here uses passwords for logging in, too insecure. Local stores usually don't use stored card info either, for the same reason. But yeah, foreign online stores and tech companies (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Apple etc) would be a problem.

[ableal]

Originally Posted by apastuszak

I know the NxtPaper 14 got Android 16 in the UK. I'm hoping the US gets it soon. And I hope they start releasing security updates for Android 16 when that happens.

Must have been Europe-wide, I just checked and also have Android 16 on my NxtPaper 14, with July Android security and Google Play system updates.

Back to the topic, having a KL2, I tested the waters with a 7" color Boox (black version, glass is apparently different on white framed devices). I am not displeased with it, but I find the Kobo a more polished reader - e.g. the reading progress info is easily readable instead of a microscopic eye strainer, etc. The Boox does have Android apps and a lighter build.

On the display side, I feared worse from the Boox color screen. Basically, in the dark or with typical interior illumination I don't notice almost any difference between the KL2 b&w and the Boox color screens - I keep both with sidelight at about 20% and warm color. Outside in the sun the Boox color screen background is noticeably darker, looks like recycled paper.

Long story short, if I had to buy one new e-reader to replace both my e-ink gadgets, I would probably pick the color Libra.