Adobe's Digital Editions Collecting Less Data, Says EFF

itwbennett writes Tests on the latest version of Adobe System's e-reader software shows the company is now collecting less data following a privacy-related dustup last month, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Adobe was criticized in early October after it was discovered Digital Editions collected metadata about e-books on a device, even if the e-books did not have DRM. Those logs were also sent to Adobe in plain text. Digital Editions version 4.0.1 appears to only collect data on e-books that have DRM (Digital Rights Management), writes Cooper Quintin, a staff technologist with the EFF.

Comments

Piracy FTW!

[Anonymous Coward]

So they are only spying on you when you read DRM'd books.

It is like the entire content industry wants people to choose piracy.

o Piracy means no one else knows what/when/where and how long you read/watch/listen to something
o Piracy means no worries about losing access to something you paid for
o Piracy means no lock-in to single devices or single manufacturer "ecosystems"

Even if pirated content wasn't cost free and commercial free, all the other ways these guys want to fook me over for the privilege of paying them money is enough to drive anyone to pirate.

Re:Stop using Adobe Reader

[Minwee]

You can stop hitting yourself in the face with a hammer too.

If you read carefully, Adobe has been collecting data through Adobe Digital Editions, which has about five letters in common with Adobe reader.

If you have evidence of a built-in epub reader in Chrome and Firefox, feel free to share it with the rest of the class.

Adobe DE used for something besides stripping DRM?

[Mr Foobar]

Erh, people actually -use- Adobe DE for any other legitimate purpose besides stripping out that damn DRM on an ebook?

Didn't know it was useful for any other reason...

Re:Adobe DE used for something besides stripping D

[xclr8r]

Libraries use it to lend e-books. ALA was pretty ticked when it was brought to their attention. According a poll I can't seem to find at the moment libraries and museums are some of the only institutions still trusted today. http://www.ala.org/news/press-...