Libra Can some books be password protected?

JJ Johnson · 10-14-2020, 04:34 PM

Let's say you wanted to share a reader among adults and kids in a household. Is there any way to protect some of the content from being viewed by the kids? For example, by password protecting collections.

davidfor · 10-14-2020, 08:46 PM

No, you can't password protect certain books. You can set a PIN for the whole device, but that is it.

shalym · 10-17-2020, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Johnson

Let's say you wanted to share a reader among adults and kids in a household. Is there any way to protect some of the content from being viewed by the kids? For example, by password protecting collections.

I don't think you can do that with a Kobo, but it is possible to do with a Kindle. You can choose which books are allowed in a person's library, and then before you give them the Kindle to use, you choose that account from the Household and Family library section of the Settings. When the device is passed back to an adult, you put in the pin to sign out of that profile. This is not limited to children's books--you can add any books in your account to any family profile, and you can have multiple profiles.

I wonder if the wizards who develop KOReader could do something similar?

Shari

patrik · 10-17-2020, 11:20 AM

For someone really, really motivated, I'm thinking you could create two scripts, one encrypts a directory, the other decrypts it (with the "key" asked by the scripts in a pop-up). These scripts can be run via Nickelmenu.

With the low capacity cpu, you probably have to have very few books at a time in the directory.

Maybe not a practical solution, but something to ponder about...

10-14-2020, 04:34 PM	#1
JJ Johnson Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 2119794 Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Colorado Device: Kobo Libra H20	Can some books be password protected? Let's say you wanted to share a reader among adults and kids in a household. Is there any way to protect some of the content from being viewed by the kids? For example, by password protecting collections.

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10-14-2020, 08:46 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,906 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	No, you can't password protect certain books. You can set a PIN for the whole device, but that is it.

10-17-2020, 11:20 AM	#4
patrik Guru Posts: 660 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	For someone really, really motivated, I'm thinking you could create two scripts, one encrypts a directory, the other decrypts it (with the "key" asked by the scripts in a pop-up). These scripts can be run via Nickelmenu. With the low capacity cpu, you probably have to have very few books at a time in the directory. Maybe not a practical solution, but something to ponder about...

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