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Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download (2022)
Attached: 1 image More fun publisher surveillance: Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is *unique for each time a PDF is downloaded*, this is a diff between metadata from two of the same paper. Combined with access timestamps, they can uniquely identify the source of any shared PDFs.
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