Adobe spies on readers: EVERY page you turn leaked to base over SSL
Found on The Register on Friday, 24 October 2014
Adobe has tweaked its Digital Editions 4 desktop ebook reader to now encrypt the data it secretly sends back to headquarters detailing a user's reading habits.
Earlier this month it was revealed that the Digital Editions software was collecting large amounts of information about the books it was being used to read, including the title, publisher, and the time and order every page was read in.
One would think that in these days companies are a little more careful with the data they harvest. Obviously Adobe isn't, what moves Adobe products to the "do not buy" list. Adding the hostname "adelogs.adobe.com" to your local DNS with the IP 0.0.0.0 should take care of it for those who are unlucky enough to own a reader from them.