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Elsevier embeds a unique code in every academic journal article users download. Security researchers fear this could be used to identify people who share PDFs.

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[–] DPUGT2@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I have no idea what their intentions are, but if they believe they can "identify people who share PDFs" then they are fools. How is "someone must have stolen it off my computer" not an ironclad defense against this?

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was wondering that for years why they don't do it.