Kobo Clara reading activity

[geek1011]

Download the attached zip file and extract it into the hidden .kobo folder on the device. The old privacy settings will be temporarily available after the device reboots.

Spoiler:

#include <QString>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <NickelHook.h>

QString (*kpp_hook_orig)(void*);

static struct nh_info KoboPrivacyPermissions = {
    .name           = "KoboPrivacyPermissions",
    .desc           = "Switches back to the old privacy settings for the next boot.",
    .uninstall_flag = "/mnt/onboard/kpp_uninstall",
};

static struct nh_hook KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook[] = {
    {.sym = "_ZN23OneStoreServiceSettings18privacySettingsUrlEv", .sym_new = "_kpp_hook", .lib = "libnickel.so.1.0.0", .out = nh_symoutptr(kpp_hook_orig), .desc = "[OneStoreServices] kobo_privacyCentre_url", .optional = true},
    {0},
};

static struct nh_dlsym KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym[] = {
    {0},
};

static int kpp_init() {
    if (!kpp_hook_orig)
        nh_log("failed to hook privacySettingsUrl");
    creat(KoboPrivacyPermissions.uninstall_flag, 0644);
    return 0;
}

NickelHook(
    .init  = kpp_init,
    .info  = &KoboPrivacyPermissions,
    .hook  = KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook,
    .dlsym = KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym,
)

extern "C" __attribute__((visibility("default"))) QString _kpp_hook(void*) {
    return QString();
}

include NickelHook/NickelHook.mk

override LIBRARY  := libkoboprivacypermissions.so
override SOURCES  += src/koboprivacypermissions.cc 
override CFLAGS   += -Wall -Wextra -Werror
override CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-missing-field-initializers

include NickelHook/NickelHook.mk

[Pam R]

Originally Posted by geek1011

Download the attached zip file and extract it into the hidden .kobo folder on the device. The old privacy settings will be temporarily available after the device reboots.

Spoiler:

#include <QString>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <NickelHook.h>

QString (*kpp_hook_orig)(void*);

static struct nh_info KoboPrivacyPermissions = {
    .name           = "KoboPrivacyPermissions",
    .desc           = "Switches back to the old privacy settings for the next boot.",
    .uninstall_flag = "/mnt/onboard/kpp_uninstall",
};

static struct nh_hook KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook[] = {
    {.sym = "_ZN23OneStoreServiceSettings18privacySettingsUrlEv", .sym_new = "_kpp_hook", .lib = "libnickel.so.1.0.0", .out = nh_symoutptr(kpp_hook_orig), .desc = "[OneStoreServices] kobo_privacyCentre_url", .optional = true},
    {0},
};

static struct nh_dlsym KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym[] = {
    {0},
};

static int kpp_init() {
    if (!kpp_hook_orig)
        nh_log("failed to hook privacySettingsUrl");
    creat(KoboPrivacyPermissions.uninstall_flag, 0644);
    return 0;
}

NickelHook(
    .init  = kpp_init,
    .info  = &KoboPrivacyPermissions,
    .hook  = KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook,
    .dlsym = KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym,
)

extern "C" __attribute__((visibility("default"))) QString _kpp_hook(void*) {
    return QString();
}

Thank you for you trouble, it worked beautifully once then went back to the referring me to kobo privacy.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Pam R

Thank you for you trouble, it worked beautifully once then went back to the referring me to kobo privacy.

That was intentional. If you want a permanent one, I've attached it below.

Spoiler:

#include <QString>
#include <NickelHook.h>

QString (*kpp_hook_orig)(void*);

static struct nh_info KoboPrivacyPermissions = {
    .name            = "KoboPrivacyPermissions",
    .desc            = "Switches back to the old privacy settings.",
    .uninstall_flag  = "/mnt/onboard/kpp_uninstall",
    .uninstall_xflag = "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/use_old_privacy_settings"
};

static struct nh_hook KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook[] = {
    {.sym = "_ZN23OneStoreServiceSettings18privacySettingsUrlEv", .sym_new = "_kpp_hook", .lib = "libnickel.so.1.0.0", .out = nh_symoutptr(kpp_hook_orig), .desc = "[OneStoreServices] kobo_privacyCentre_url", .optional = false},
    {0},
};

static struct nh_dlsym KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym[] = {
    {0},
};

NickelHook(
    .init  = nullptr,
    .info  = &KoboPrivacyPermissions,
    .hook  = KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook,
    .dlsym = KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym,
)

extern "C" __attribute__((visibility("default"))) QString _kpp_hook(void*) {
    return QString();
}

include NickelHook/NickelHook.mk

override LIBRARY  := libkoboprivacypermissions.so
override SOURCES  += src/koboprivacypermissions.cc 
override CFLAGS   += -Wall -Wextra -Werror
override CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-missing-field-initializers
override KOBOROOT += src/use_old_privacy_settings:/mnt/onboard/.kobo/use_old_privacy_settings

include NickelHook/NickelHook.mk

Delete this file to go back to the default privacy settings.

[Pam R]

Originally Posted by geek1011

That was intentional. If you want a permanent one, I've attached it below.

Spoiler:

#include <QString>
#include <NickelHook.h>

QString (*kpp_hook_orig)(void*);

static struct nh_info KoboPrivacyPermissions = {
    .name            = "KoboPrivacyPermissions",
    .desc            = "Switches back to the old privacy settings.",
    .uninstall_flag  = "/mnt/onboard/kpp_uninstall",
    .uninstall_xflag = "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/use_old_privacy_settings"
};

static struct nh_hook KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook[] = {
    {.sym = "_ZN23OneStoreServiceSettings18privacySettingsUrlEv", .sym_new = "_kpp_hook", .lib = "libnickel.so.1.0.0", .out = nh_symoutptr(kpp_hook_orig), .desc = "[OneStoreServices] kobo_privacyCentre_url", .optional = false},
    {0},
};

static struct nh_dlsym KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym[] = {
    {0},
};

NickelHook(
    .init  = nullptr,
    .info  = &KoboPrivacyPermissions,
    .hook  = KoboPrivacyPermissionsHook,
    .dlsym = KoboPrivacyPermissionsDlsym,
)

extern "C" __attribute__((visibility("default"))) QString _kpp_hook(void*) {
    return QString();
}

include NickelHook/NickelHook.mk

override LIBRARY  := libkoboprivacypermissions.so
override SOURCES  += src/koboprivacypermissions.cc 
override CFLAGS   += -Wall -Wextra -Werror
override CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-missing-field-initializers
override KOBOROOT += src/use_old_privacy_settings:/mnt/onboard/.kobo/use_old_privacy_settings

include NickelHook/NickelHook.mk

Delete this file to go back to the default privacy settings.

My hero

Does make you wonder what went wrong in the first place.

On a different matter - One thing I did notice when fiddling around with this is that whilst my reader is not authorised with Adobe Digital Editions I can open that app and transfer files with a right click on the book straight to the Clara without having to do it from the My Digital Editions in my documents folder. So I won't bother wasting authorisations in future.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Pam R

On a different matter - One thing I did notice when fiddling around with this is that whilst my reader is not authorised with Adobe Digital Editions I can open that app and transfer files with a right click on the book straight to the Clara without having to do it from the My Digital Editions in my documents folder. So I won't bother wasting authorisations in future.

But do those books open on the device? The authorisation is about being able to decode the book on the device. Unless you have added DRM free books to ADE, I would not expect you to be able to read these books.

[Pam R]

Originally Posted by davidfor

But do those books open on the device? The authorisation is about being able to decode the book on the device. Unless you have added DRM free books to ADE, I would not expect you to be able to read these books.

Yes they do.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Pam R

Yes they do.

Then that means either the books do not have DRM, or you have actually authorized the device. The former can be tested by opening in a viewer that does not opened books with DRM, such as the calibre viewer. The latter can be seen on the accounts page of the settings on the device.

[Pam R]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Then that means either the books do not have DRM, or you have actually authorized the device. The former can be tested by opening in a viewer that does not opened books with DRM, such as the calibre viewer. The latter can be seen on the accounts page of the settings on the device.

Oh, yes the ones I tried since deauthorising were guttenberg drm free Better reauthorise

[Pam R]

I did a manual reset today to see if it would make any difference to the battery issues I have. All went well until I checked for the "automatically share date abut the features you use" and it wasn't there again, just like before. But many thanks to geek1011 whose piece of code I have saved on my laptop, all is well again.

Very odd.