Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adobe Spies On Users' eBook Libraries

[redrock]

Thanks for the heads up. I've long distrusted adobe, proof positive, there's enough open source software out there never to use this intrusive data mining operation, masquerading under the benign earth house moniker.

Kind Regards

Michael Stavretis

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[GNU-linux-libre] Adobe Spies On Users' eBook Libraries

Adobe Spies On Users' eBook Libraries

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @01:41PM
from the digital-edition-is-the-worst-software dept.

New submitter stasike writes: Nate at the-digital-reader.com">the-digital-reader.com reports that the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/#.VDQhI_ldWYA">Adobe is spying on any computer that runs Digital Editions 4, the newest version of Adobe's Epub app. They are collecting data about what users are reading, and they're also searching users' computers for e-book files and sending that information too. That includes books not indexed in DE4. e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/">All of the data is sent in clear text. This is just another example of DRM going south.