Combined with access timestamps, they can uniquely identify the source of any shared PDFs.
Source: https://social.coop/@jonny/107685726645817029 – Also includes tips for removing this data.
I knew this wasn’t far off. As a reminder, the authors are allowed to give you the paper if you ask them for it. Don’t need to pay.
Back then, when I was still in academia, I actually put every paper I wrote and the corresponding data/code on my academic website for everyone to download. I can’t understand why this isn’t required for every (publicly funded) researcher!
This should be expected. In the future netflix, YT and Spotify will probably do that to their content as well to combat piracy.
I obviously oppose it. But if privacy is of no value to you (like it is to them), it’s the logical thing to do.
First of all I’m all in for privacy but in this case they keep your key private. Only YOU can leak your personalized content with your private key. So I don’t see what they would be doing wrong.
So that is what makimg pdf files so big.
Reminds me of the watermarking RedStarOS does to files
What it does?
From memory, RedStarOS keeps a chain of where the file has been so if illegal material is distributed they can easily trace its source and who’s used it
But how is this in !privacy? It’s anti-piracy.
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Yeah, it should be clearly visible. E-books bought from certain shops come with a notice like “This copy was bought by Tiuku” on the first page (and probably have something like this embedded as well). When it’s done in the open like this, I think it’s a pretty fair way of doing DRM.
Is it ‚really‘ fair, though?
When I buy a physical book, I can borrow it to others or resell it as I please without ever really having to reveal Information about myself. Why must a digital copy of the same book be forever branded with my name/account info?
