search pdf in google

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site:<url> filetype:pdf

1. how it works

  • enumerating all possible url is not possible; inspecting server what is stored?; search - file could be not linked to any webpage;
  • it seems that google knows about files on the server from user data; if you have logged in with chrome/google tool bar or something, it sends link of files you visited back to google. (source: some reddit post)
  • which indicates a grey area between privacy and piracy.

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Author: Linfeng He

Created: 2024-04-03 Wed 20:58