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[ NNSquad ] Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text
Adobe tracks your e-book reading habits--and sends logs in plain text
(Ars): http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/
"Adobe's Digital Editions e-book and PDF reader--an application used by
thousands of libraries to give patrons access to electronic lending
libraries--actively logs and reports every document readers add to
their local "library" along with what users do with those files. Even
worse, the logs are transmitted over the Internet in the clear,
allowing anyone who can monitor network traffic (such as the National
Security Agency, Internet service providers and cable companies, or
others sharing a public Wi-Fi network) to follow along over readers'
shoulders. Ars has independently verified the logging of e-reader
activity with the use of a packet capture tool. The exposure of data
was first discovered by Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader, who
reported the issue to Adobe but received no reply. Ars has also
reached out to Adobe for comment with no response."
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
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Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them.
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