08-06-2015, 09:38 PM | #46 |
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"Big Brother" ebooks? It's almost crazy enough to be laughable, but then again, some people post every action and location of everything they do on Facebook--why wouldn't publishers want this for ebooks?
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I do wonder how this spyware will play on a PC. I read a horror story about Adobe putting in a bit of spyware that would scan your library and send the details back to Adobe. Last edited by ZodWallop; 08-07-2015 at 11:36 AM. |
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=199449 But if publishers find a way to worm spyware into the ebooks themselves, then we have a real challenge on our hands to be free from someone looking over our shoulder as we read. |
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There's only a hue and cry about this because it's 'new' You could turn the Wi-Fi off |
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I wouldn't bet on it. Few people use open source on their phones, tablets, or computers. I don't really see any reason why their ereaders would be different in that respect.
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How many people use Chrome? How many use Gmail? How many use Facebook? How many buy Kindle ebooks? |
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And just to remember that there was once an uproar about MS documents archiving more data about the machine they were made on than needed. (like what printers you do have)
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Different people have different tolerances. A recent survey found that most people would rather have nude photos of them hacked and posted online than have personal financial data exposed. But a lot are the reverse. As I said above, I don't mind Amazon knowing what books I read (or Microsoft know what printer I have--an HP5L, btw) but I would definitely object to them selling it to a third party or the government. YMMV. The only real common ground is informational: everybody should know what is being collected and what happens to it. But expecting everybody to react similarly is a hopeless task. |
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Libraries continue to struggle with the privacy issue:
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releas...gether-protect Being of an older generation I feel bad for young people and kids growing up today. From the moment of birth their lives are plastered all over Facebook. School jerks are no longer left behind when the final bell rings, but can torment across social media. I wonder how many kids today have a quiet moment to themselves. They will never have the kind of freedom to not be monitored, to be outside all day without constant supervision. I love technology, but I wonder about the trade-offs. |
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Being part of an "older" generation (I'm 50), I'm happy to trade a little privacy (the illusion of it we had, anyway) for the conveniences gained. I never valued what little privacy I may have had very much anyway. If I did, I'd resort to reading physical books written by my neighbors on the porch of my off-the-grid cabin. *shrug*
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The time may not be too far away that Only Digital copies of certain books are produced and available to read. Privacy will always be important to some people. Last edited by conan50; 08-09-2015 at 05:53 PM. Reason: added link |
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My concerns about the practice being discussed in this thread are based exclusively on security. I don't care in the slightest what someone might try to glean about my reading habits. I care about whether or not the mechanisms for collecting said data leave my device vulnerable to virus/trojans, malware and rootkits. Last edited by DiapDealer; 08-09-2015 at 06:07 PM. |
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