On Sun, Apr 9, 2023, 11:39 PM Ajit Gargeshwari <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's just a coincidence. Everything else speculation. It would be a good > idea to change passwords frequently and make sure all software are legal > and are regularly or automatically updated. Delete cookies frequently > and that might help. > > > On Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 12:46 PM Birgit Kellner via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This might just be a coincidence. But would it be possible if someone >> uses Academia.edu through a Google login, with their gmail account, that >> some kind of triggering mechanism comes to apply? >> >> Best, Birgit Kellner >> Am 07.04.23 um 23:37 schrieb Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY: >> >> 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 >> [email protected]https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> -- >> Prof. Birgit Kellner, PhD, wM >> Direktorin >> Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens >> Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften >> Hollandstraße 11-13/2 >> 1020 Wien >> >> Prof. Birgit Kellner, PhD, wM >> Director >> Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia >> Austrian Academy of Sciences >> Hollandstrasse 11-13/2 >> 1020 Vienna >> Austria >> >> Tel./Phone: +43-(0)-1-51581-6420 >> Web: http://ikga.oeaw.ac.at >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >
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