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From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:32:54 +0000
Hi, Shirley —
Are you absolutely positive the message originated with Elsevier?
Could it be a scammer or a phishing attempt of some kind?
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Rick Anderson
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Marriott Library, University of Utah
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On 6/25/17, 6:38 PM, "LibLicense-L Discussion Forum on behalf of
LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of
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>From: Shirley Ainsworth <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:38:23 -0500
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>Recently we have heard on LibLicense about Elsevier demands against
>Sci-Hub, a kickback by Finnish researchers supporting negotiators
>against Elsevier's monopolic behaviour when attempting to negotiate
>big deals, and their (mis)-information about the OA transfer of
>Sociologie du Travail.
>
>In spite of never (knowingly or recently) having signed in to Science
>Direct I received an email today which begins:
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>"Hello , here are some personalized article suggestions based on your
>latest ScienceDirect activity".
>
>In the past I have occasionally had to sign in to another of their
>products, Scopus, to set alerts but in spite of always being careful
>to sign out again, it is clear they are tracking my activity, and I
>assume pretty much everyone else's. I may well be living in Cloud
>Cuckoo Land but that makes me very uncomfortable.
>
>Shirley
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>--
>Shirley Ainsworth
>Bibliotecaria/Librarian
>Instituto de Biotecnologia, UNAM
>Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
>email [log in to unmask]
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