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.
Academic Journal Claims it Fingerprints PDFs for ‘Ransomware,’ Not Surveillance
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beta_tester@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I was wondering that for years why they don't do it.