Can Lubomir or anyone else tell us how to turn off notifications? I could not find any obvious way to do it. Thanks.
Patrick > On Apr 9, 2023, at 3:39 AM, Lubomír Ondračka via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, you can indeed sometimes get an email even though you have all > notifications turned off. In my experience, this happens in two cases. > > First, when Academia.edu adds a new kind of notification, it always sets it > as "on" (otherwise we would not know about it). In that case, we need to go > into the settings again and turn off this new notification. > > Second, Academia.edu occasionally asks selected users for feedback on new > planned changes (new features, new look, etc.). I usually give this feedback > because I have been using this site for many years (for free) and I consider > it fair to contribute to its development. > > LO > > > On 09.04.2023 2:11, Patricia Sauthoff via INDOLOGY wrote: >> I have set my academia account to never email me and have even asked gmail >> to send everything there to spam and yet about once a year they sneak into >> my inbox and I have to do it all over again. >> On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 3:44 PM Tracy Coleman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> At the very least, we should not speak our thoughts aloud, or keep >> our private diaries on our devices. 🙂 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ananya >> Vajpeyi via INDOLOGY <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Sent:* Saturday, April 8, 2023 3:23 AM >> *To:* Claudius Teodorescu <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Academia.edu creepy things >> This email originated outside Colorado College. Do not click links >> or attachments unless you know the content is safe. >> I find there’s a lot of leakage between one’s mobile phone calls, >> emails, social media accounts and services like Academia / Research >> Gate / Dropbox / Interfolio. It’s only a matter of time before our >> thoughts too become accessible, predictable and monetizable. In the >> event that as academics we can’t go off the grid entirely, perhaps >> it’s better to resign oneself to this invasion of the mind snatchers? >> AV. >> On Saturday, April 8, 2023, Claudius Teodorescu via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> 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 >> >> <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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> >> -- Cu stimă, >> Claudius Teodorescu >> -- Sent on the fly, please excuse typos. >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> >> -- >> Patricia Sauthoff, PhD (she/they) >> Assistant Lecturer >> Department of History, Classics, and Religion >> University of Alberta >> Edmonton, Canada >> (I will respond as quickly as I can. 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