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EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 months agoWell yeah, my issue is needing internet connection at all - as well as having my reading in the library app itself being spied on, even if my reader did have an OS I trust to be online.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
And for me, I honestly don’t care too much if Libby knows what I read. If I did care, I’d just get DRM-free books, either legally or not, and bypass the library entirely.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 months ago
I do just that. You do you. Even though the topics aren’t dangerous, I am still uncomfortable having them recorded tied to my passport.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’m having trouble following. If you check a book out at the library, the library has a record that you checked it out, no? So the only real difference w/ you stripping the DRM is that they won’t know how much of it you read (if that’s even tracked) or if you read it at all. And I also highly doubt the DRM check shares any of your personal data, so the publisher would only know that this specific license is in-use, and they only way to connect that to you is by talking to the library.
Also, how is it tied to your passport? Mine is tied to my name and address, which my passport is also tied to, but the library system is local (US city and state) and therefore would require a fair amount of extra work to link. So the only way the two would ever be connected is if I’m being investigated for a crime and they’re looking for motive, which I’m sure they could come up with any number of ways.
You do you of course, I just don’t see how stripping DRM from a library book really protects you, the interesting data is already present just by checking the book out. You might as well just pirate from the internet directly and skip the library entirely…
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Yeah, sorry for being confusing. The library having a record is indeed just an additional concern, personal main one is the reader’s manufaturer getting telemetry, including on the DRMless books. I personally download my books from Libgen.
The passport mention is because here - at least as far as I remember - they do want your passport to sign you up for the library system. And I would just be surprised if this massive system isn’t a part of the super-invasive surveillance apparatus, or at least isn’t freely accessible to whoever wants it in the law enforcement (like most data out there).