The EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy
The EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy
Posted 12/27/2009 at 9:18am
| by Justin Kerr
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If you don’t want others knowing what your reading, you should probably stick to paper. That’s the conclusion of an Electronic Frontier Foundation study that looked at how our e-book readers collect information, and what the device maker has access to during our daily use.
Not surprisingly always on connected devices such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook log everything from what you read, to how long you read it, while more limited devices without wireless such as the Sony Reader can’t track you quite so closely. The EFF suggests anyone concerned with their privacy stick with the open-source FBReader, but lets face it, we prefer having our e-books delivered in seconds over a high speed wireless network don’t we?
Anyone else concerned with the privacy of your e-reader? Or did you check all your expectations of privacy at the Ethernet jack when you first logged on to the net in the first place? Let us know what you think.
(Image Credit: eff.org)
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nekollx
December 29, 2009 at 9:11am
Maybe now I won't get "taking down the goverment for Dummies" on my Kindle...
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Vegan
December 27, 2009 at 1:02pm
This is really no different than when all the grocery stores stopped having things on sale unless you had a club card to track purchase data. Do I wish it was back the way it was? Sure, but it doesn't really harm me, either.
Power10
December 27, 2009 at 9:55am
Sony cannot delete or control our E-Reader.
Why does the Kindle get all the press coverage when other reader are just as good?
New release in Sony book store are also $9.99
Vegan
December 27, 2009 at 1:05pm
Why do most people think that iPods are the only device that do what they do? Why is the Snuggie a national sensation when the Slanket was doing it first? It's just the way it turned out.
To0nces
December 27, 2009 at 9:36am
Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't care less if people knew what I was reading...
This is a non-issue in my opinion.
DerrickDel
December 27, 2009 at 10:18am
That's obviously because you arn't reading the ultra secret material some of us are. Be concerned, be VERY concerned.
LTNGNX
December 27, 2009 at 9:55am
I second that. However, Im sure there will be at one one person not happy about letting these companies knowing "too much"
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