> Second, sending this information in plain text undermines decades of efforts by libraries and bookstores to protect the privacy of their patrons and customers.
Someone needs to sue Adobe over this. That way we can stop such future invasions of privacy from DRMed machines in the future.
Also, Microsoft will do much of the same with Windows 10, collecting data not just on ebooks, but any file you might open, and even characters you may type. Digital Editions is one app. Windows 10 is a whole OS, which makes the whole thing a lot scarier:
Is that only for the preview or also for GA? Why would any corporate customer agree to this policy? Maybe it's only for the free version of Windows 10, the one targeted at $200 Chromebook clones?
The private equity members of Microsoft's board have been advocating for more focus on cloud services and less on Windows, e.g. recent moves to support Apple devices.
sans file monitoring (though windows has been offering to send heuristics and file signatures though windows defender for a while now)
isn't that stuff that most already have signed away on? iOS's autocorrection for their keyboard, and cloud processing for siri? and same for android's TTS, STT engines (both are cloud-based by default if I'm not mistaken)? (and the google keyboard)
without asking the user to agree to such things, microsoft can't enter the mobile device arena to the same degree as competitors
Not that I think it's good that mobile OSes spy on you, Windows 10 will a desktop operating system. Desktop OSes have not traditionally been known to spy on you.
Someone needs to sue Adobe over this. That way we can stop such future invasions of privacy from DRMed machines in the future.
Also, Microsoft will do much of the same with Windows 10, collecting data not just on ebooks, but any file you might open, and even characters you may type. Digital Editions is one app. Windows 10 is a whole OS, which makes the whole thing a lot scarier:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2373838/microsofts-...