Can FL access your answers in study books?

Milkman · February 2019

For those books that have a study guide can FL in any way shape or form access your answers?

mm.

Doc B · February 2019

Milkman said:
can FL in any way shape or form access your answers

Of course they can. Anything you put on a computer that is connected to the internet can be accessed by a lot of other people and entities, and much of it is. Try doing a quick search for a vacuum cleaner (for example), and watch how many popups for vacuum cleaners start appearing on all your pages in various app platforms.

That's not to say they *will*, but they can.

Being a bit less cynical, it is very likely that FL monitors data input from an anonymous perspective in order to enhance marketing and meet user preferences and needs. I seriously doubt they are tying your answers to study guide questions to your account, and I'm pretty certain there's not an intern reading your inputs so they can put you on trial for heresy.

But yes, if you are connected, your data is accessible.

Milkman · February 2019

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1036573#Comment_1036573

Really? Wow! How naïve of me.

Well I guess that settles it. Deleting all my Logos files, selling my PC etc., and going back to old fashioned books.

And yet with all the surveillance technology 'out there' maybe I should buy stocks in Alumincan and study under the shiny material.

MJ. Smith · February 2019

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1036583#Comment_1036583

Milkman said:
maybe I should buy stocks in Alumincan and study under the shiny material.

Ah, this is why I love having you on the forums. I admit to having bypassed your question as I did not know what type of answer you actually wanted.

Yes, they can because your materials are stored in the cloud in order to sync your material.
Yes, sort of, because your materials are stored in the cloud they could but what motivation is there for them to spend the resources necessary to access them?
No, legally it would be lethal for them as a company to access users' private data beyond the limited, anonymous data that some users allow Logos access to for development purposes.
No, legally, but you can worry about hackers getting into the encrypted data in order to find evidence against you for the inquisition. I chose to wait until I can time travel to add this to my causes for worry.

Phil Gons (Logos) · February 2019

Milkman said:

For those books that have a study guide can FL in any way shape or form access your answers?

We could, yes. But we absolutely will not without your explicit permission. In some cases we need to impersonate users (i.e., sign in with their account) or remotely access users' computers to help troubleshoot problems they're having (e.g., crashes, hangs, slow performance). But before we do, we always get permission. And when we do, we never go looking through a user's private data. That's a serious breach of trust that we will not tolerate. The privacy of your data is one of our highest priorities, and your trust is our most valuable asset.