Hi, If it is the case that Academia app was installed, one can notice that it collects name and email address (see [1]), which is sure enough to correlate with information from Indology archives, which are public.
Maybe deleting the Academia account will help. Claudius [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.academia.academia&hl=en&gl=US On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 at 11:11, Jean Michel DELIRE via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > I once uploaded an article to Academia and, since then, I receive > notifications every day that 'people' are reading this article and other > papers of mine. Usually, I don't know these 'people', which could even be a > certain CuneiformComposite (the name of a font), but some are known to me > and appear in my emails.I also receive notifications that my name has been > quoted in such or such article (some having nothing to do with my work, as > very specialized medical articles by instance), but it is impossible to > know more, without paying. This seems to be a very erratic process, > probably led by a silly robot. > > Best, > > *Jean Michel DELIRE* > *Lecturer on History of mathematics - IHEB (ULB)* > *Lecturer on **Science and civilisation of India - Sanskrit Texts - IHEB > (ULB)* > *Member of the Centre National d'Histoire des Sciences (KBR, Bruxelles)* > *Member of the Société Asiatique (Paris)* > *Member of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies* > > Le ven. 7 avr. 2023 à 23:38, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> a écrit : > >> That's quite suspicious. Perhaps Kaul had a burst of online business and >> posted to INDOLOGY and *at the same time* uploaded the review to >> Academia, which triggered your notification. We can't tell from Academia >> when papers are uploaded, but the review has 317 views, which suggests it >> was uploaded a while ago, not recently. So that explanation is probably >> wrong. >> >> How could Academia possibly be getting information about your incoming >> emails? What mechanism can we imagine? Emails don't deposit cookies, so >> cross-site cookies aren't the pathway. If Academia is harvesting from the >> INDOLOGY archive, which is technically possible, then *everyone* would get >> the Kaul notification or similar ones, not just you. It's hard to see how >> this might work. Without a plausible mechanism, I'm staying with >> coincidence. >> >> But I have all my Academia notifications turned off, so I never get >> anything from them. If I want to know their stuff, I look at the website. >> >> Best, >> Dominik >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- Cu stimă, Claudius Teodorescu
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