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Adobe Digital Editions version 4 spies on all the ebooks on your computer.

http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/

>> No.5597267

>He doesn't convert all his epubs to pdfs

>> No.5597274
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>>5597249
>Statistical data gathering is equivalent to espionage.

>> No.5597275

>>5597267
Why should one do that?

>> No.5597277

>>5597249
>>5597267
>reading pee-books

>> No.5597289
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5597289

>Leni
>mfw

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>>5597249
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/

>> No.5597304

>>5597300
Thank you. Finally someone that hasn't lost his sense.

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>some qt nsa agent in Washington thinks I'm a pleb

I let my dad use my kindle, honest

>> No.5597323

I used to use ADE a while back but they don't have it on Linux and it isn't worth the hassle. I'd just download books on my library's Overdrive if and only if it wasn't in paperback and then strip the DRM off so I could read it on my Kobo.

>> No.5597334

>>5597249
Only use it to pirate and release books and I got the communication logs hosts-blocked. /shrugs

>> No.5598873

hm, /g/ should be mad
in past people who make anti-viruses added such legal programs that secretly spy on you to virus lists

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>>5597289

>> No.5598927

Good. You idiots with your ipads and ereaders are rotting your attention spans, will probably not even be able to remember half the shit you impulsively consume (look it up: readers who read via electronics have a significantly lower memory recall of the texts they read) and are infecting the general population with your destructive technology obsession

I think it's safe to say that people who use ereaders are generally superficial thinkers and more interested in saying they read a book than actually enjoying it -- they do not deserve their privacy as they are annoying and stupid

>> No.5598969

>>5598927
My dad gave me his old kindle when he got a new one, and until I broke it I would take all the shit I downloaded off of #bookz and throw it on there so I could just bring the kindle with me instead of my laptop.

Now, I agree that books are better, but you have to pay for books. E-reader type shit is great for reading stolen material, slightly easier on the eyes than my computer screen.

That was an interesting study. Actually, even if the pdf you are reading is "continuous page" vs separate pages on the computer your comprehension is diminished. Even the font can fuck you. It's amazing.

>> No.5600423

>>5598927
>look it up: readers who read via electronics have a significantly lower memory recall of the texts they read
no.

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>>5598927
learn to live in the moment grandpa. if I enjoy a story as I read it, that's all the reward I need. if I enjoy it, I'll remember it to talk to my friends about it. if I don't remember intricacies, so be it, the mind has a funny way of prioritizing info.

>> No.5600550

>>5598873
The kaspersky people used to make their own virus to make their service more useful.

>> No.5600564

>>5600550
I thought that was Norton