“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.”

“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.”

Pirate Site Traffic Surged in 2021, Research Finds * TorrentFreak

Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by millions of people worldwide. This is a serious problem for major content producers, Hollywood included. At the same time, it’s also seen as a threat to the broader economy, which generates hundreds of billions of… Continue reading Pirate Site Traffic Surged in 2021, Research Finds * TorrentFreak

Any working links for UK, VIRGIN-MEDIA users

It seems that nothing works anymore in the UK… Anyone know of working links Not working: [sci-hub.ru](http://sci-hub.ru) [sci-hub.st](http://sci-hub.st) [sci-hub.se](http://sci-hub.se) [sci-hub.tf](http://sci-hub.tf) [sci-hub.wf](http://sci-hub.wf) [sci-hub.mksa.top](http://sci-hub.mksa.top) [sci-hub.ren](http://Sci-hub.ren) [sci-hub.ee](https://sci-hub.ee) [sci-Hub.shop](http://Sci-Hub.shop) [sci-hub.tw](https://sci-hub.tw) [sci-hub.st](https://sci-hub.st) [sci-hub.do/](https://sci-hub.do/) [sci-hub.si](http://sci-hub.si) [sci-hub.vk](http://sci-hub.vk) [sci-hub.ai](https://sci-hub.ai) [sci-hub.cat](https://sci-hub.cat) [sci-hib.hkvisa.net](https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/) Working: nothing so far