Adobe would through his e-reader application Digital Editions 4 the reading habits of users to follow, so claims the website The Digital Reader. In addition, the collected data unencrypted to the servers of Adobe be forwarded.
Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader, says that using the network tool Wireshark ip traffic to Adobe’s servers is intercepted that privacy-sensitive data, from e-reader application Digital Editions 4. So send the epub-reader under other data about which e-books are open and on what page the reader is remained. Also is metadata about the e-bookcollectie collected and forwarded to the ip address 192.150.16.235, the property of Adobe. In addition, scans the e-reader application also includes the contents of the hard disk on the presence of e-books.
In addition to the collection of user data points Hoffelder on that Digital Editions 4 in addition, no encryption applies to the forwarding of the private information. This allows the data to be easily by a third party are intercepted.
Hoffelder says that he Adobe for a reaction and has asked but the software company would until now have no answers to his questions. Further claims he Adobe with his passion for collecting to personal data not only American privacy law violation, but also the usually stricter European privacy laws. According to Hoffelder, e-book users, for now, the Digital Editions software from Adobe, but better.
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