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When you read part of an ebook, set it aside, and come back, you want it to remember what page you were on. You also want this to work if you switch between dev
by jimrandomh 11y ago
When you read part of an ebook, set it aside, and come back, you want it to remember what page you were on. You also want this to work if you switch between devices. It is technically difficult to make this feature work without letting Amazon also know what page you're on.
- icebraining 11y agoIt is technically dift to make this feature work without letting Amazon also know what page you're on. Not since encryption has been invented. Firefox syncs currently open tabs and other stuff without letting Mozilla know about them.
- TheDong 11y agoEncryption is a waste of complexity and battery life here. Firefox encrypts your history and open tabs because those are sensitive. A page number in a book is not.
- icebraining 11y agoBut they don't only sync page numbers, but also written annotations (and bookmarks and highlights). And regarding battery life, even a CPU much weaker than the one used by the original Kindle can encrypt at 1MB/s, so encrypting a couple of KB is absolutely negligible.
- dlitz 11y agoA detailed history of what pages of what books I'm reading and when is certainly as sensitive as browser history, if not moreso.
- TheDong 11y agoEncryption is a waste of complexity and battery life here. Firefox encrypts your history and open tabs because those are sensitive. A page number in a book is not.
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