Know who’s tracking your e-reading habits

If you buy one of the popular eReaders you likely will be tracked. If you ordered that book on bomb making and the authorities find out you're, well... you may have room and board paid for.

I only use FBReader and Aldiko, I dont use the any of the more commercial ones such as Google or Adobe.

No one. Why? Cuz I won't do that nonsense. When I buy a book, I OWN IT!!

I can sell it, keep it, burn it, give it away, even use it as TP, if necessary. I can throw it across the room, mark it up, take it across state lines and carry it across international borders, and pretty much nobody gives a ****! Nobody tracks it, nobody can delete it, nobody can limit how long I take to read it or how many times, nobody can sue me for royalties for merely possessing it, and nobody can raise a stink if I quote it verbally on a daily basis. In short, a book is everything an e-book is not and is not a Machiavellian conspiracy to dupe me out of what few rights I have remaining and is the reason I will NEVER own a PoS e-reader.

But, if you want to, feel free. Oops.... bad choice of words! ;)

Are you ppl kidding me!!??

I got bleeped for the d-word?

No wonder half this community had a stroke over my use of "retard".

Black person

(quick! ....call the paramedics) ;)

> Nobody tracks it...

You didn't keep up with the various provisions of the Patriot Act, I see.

Well, unless librarians are now backpedaling. There is no internet connection to my dead tree copy of 1984.

"Cyberbooks" by Ben Bova 1989. Mr Bova made and answered every argument, for and against, a long before we had them.

Everything Not said in his post was maybe true and we should be careful. BUT, I like having a hundred or so books with me when I travel.

> There is no internet connection to my dead tree copy of 1984.

No, but if you bought it after the Patriot Act was passed, it may have been reported to Homeland Security, and you may be considered a potential terrorist for having purchased it.

I may have a piece of dill pickle spear up my nose, but that any one person or entity knows that to be true is impossible, unless, of course, they are somehow peering directly up my nose.

OTOH, if a nefarious person or entity should take it upon themselves to accuse and then condemn me for having a dill pickle spear up my nose, whether I actually do or not, that is rather like someone taking it upon themselves to infringe upon my Constitutional right to free speech. It may be an unwarranted, cowardly, and even illegal, but there's not a much I can do about it without expending a whole lot more effort pursuant to a reversal of such a heinous action. ;)

> It may be an unwarranted, cowardly, and even illegal, but there's not a much I can do about it without expending a whole lot more effort pursuant to a reversal of such a heinous action. ;)

Agreed. It's a shame the supposedly more civil rights oriented party didn't do something about that while they had control of the process, isn't it?

True dat! Unfortunately, ****** if I know who that party might be. ;)