I’m looking for an E-ink book reader that has the following: No wireless connectivity The ability to upload non DRM books from my PC over USB Blue light filter and brightness toggle A password protection would be nice, but for books it doesn’t really matter. This is surprisngly hard to find for …

Tolino was ok year ago, maybe it still is, I haven’t followed development and new models. I think they are owned by Kobo now, but I’m not 100% sure. You can use SD card/internal storage for books, and even software updates could be done offline, from PC They have wifi, but you can keep it off all …

You can jailbreak a kindle and block amazon :man_shrugging:

I’ve not used it for this but I’ll through out the Pixel Tablet. With GOS that would obviously be the best option for physical security, aside from an iPad.

So I dropped searching for a while, I’ve made pervious posts about this and many mentioned kobo, watching side of burritos video almost made me think to get it but the top comment references how kobo is still involved in a fair amount of data collection. All I want is a eink screen that I can load p…

That is the route I took, although as far as I’m aware, jailbreaking options are quite limited. I love the hardware (Kindle Oasis in my case) but leave the device on airplane mode and sync books to it using Calibre.

My personal choice [image] PDF Reader That Is The Best For User Privacy? person_raising_handQuestions Maybe an atypical recommendation but something with no Wifi, with E-ink and quite comfy on the eyes to read on would be a Boox Page . It’s not too expensive (p…

[image] kissu: My personal choice I appreciate your reply! It’d be great to have an ebook reading device that had no wifi and no wireless connectivity… Just a stand alone offline device to read ebooks… I’m looking at the products linked in your quote!

Jailbreak kindle+KoReader+Z-Lib addon. https://kindlemodding.org/ Kindle Modding Tools & Resources – KOReader, Games, Plugins & More Up-to-date Kindle jailbreak tools, KOReader plugins, games, media players, and guides. Everything you need to unlock your jailbroken Kindle. …

[image] Zenaida.macroura: However, I am curious about the Pocketbook readers since the company’s ranked third “Least Creepy” in Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included I bought one of their more expensive 8-inch InkPad 4 models and found it very unimpressive compared to Kobo, but I liked that it requi…

I am very happy with my PocketBook. It has everything OP wants without any workarounds necessary.

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