01-15-2018, 12:23 AM | #31 | |
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01-15-2018, 12:43 AM | #32 | |
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01-15-2018, 01:58 AM | #33 |
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01-15-2018, 05:40 AM | #34 | |
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Having said that, Kobo makes absolutely no attempt to validate the registration. They only require that the email address you put in looks like an email address. I know that doesn't pass your rules, but it does mean the device can be used without any real interaction with Kobo. |
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01-15-2018, 02:52 PM | #35 | ||
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All I need is an e-reader. I'm quite happy to not give Kobo money for their service and I'm sorry for anyone who had to sacrifice their privacy to read. Quote:
The very fact that they don't care what email address you use just that you "register" the device should tell you they are tracking other stuff. According to https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012 The Kobo "seems to have the capability to keep track of book searches because it indicates that it shares those searches with third parties". All of this is behavior you have agreed to and condone with your purchasing power. Now, feel free. People should just know what they are getting into. |
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01-15-2018, 03:26 PM | #36 |
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I guess if you're looking for a reason not to buy a Kobo then you've found one. I never buy books from Kobo. I do have an account with them since I bought my first Kobo directly from them but I've never used that account. I've since bought 3 Kobos from Ebay and used some sort of invented email address to register it, not for security reasons but because I didn't remember what address I'd originally used. That worked just fine.
I think I used the name barry@aol.com or some such to register my recent ones. That isn't a valid email address. It's all a non-issue unless you're just eager to have an issue. Then, of course, it will serve. Barry |
01-15-2018, 03:48 PM | #37 | |
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01-15-2018, 03:53 PM | #38 | |
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Interestingly, I have several ebook readers that didn't require me to put in an email address, fake or otherwise, in order to use them. Caveat emptor |
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01-15-2018, 03:59 PM | #39 | |
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01-15-2018, 04:09 PM | #40 |
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01-15-2018, 04:09 PM | #41 | |
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I've never registered on their site or used their desktop app (as I mentioned above, you don't need to; just put a bogus line in the local user database and you're good to go), and wi-fi is always off on my reader. It has no networking capability outside of that, so no way to transmit info (personal or otherwise) to Kobo—the only way it's ever got any connectivity is exposing itself as a storage device so I can copy books onto it from Calibre on my Linux desktop. |
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01-15-2018, 04:15 PM | #42 | |
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Though as far as bar code scanners, I think there is an app for that now. |
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They may allow you to turn off, maybe, but the point is that they are gathering info when you register, regardless. Once again, they are getting a bit more then any fake email addresses you can come up with. If that's fine with people, enjoy. It's not fine with me. Quote:
I get and completely understand that. I just make the choice not to buy hardware that requires me to mess with sqlite just to use it. I also chose not to support companies financially that sell my info. I'm glad you and others have found ways to get around the hardware limitations, as people always do. |
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01-15-2018, 04:22 PM | #44 | |
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Perhaps we can be friends after all. |
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01-15-2018, 04:29 PM | #45 | |
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I have one fairly generic email address that other people have used to sign up for services from time to time. When I get a notification of that I use password reset to gain access to the account and delete it. (Except for one time that it was a dating site and instead of deleting I had fun rewriting the user’s profile and interests.) |
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