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Admittedly a password on a PDF isn't

2024-08-21 22:20:03.330326+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Admittedly a password on a PDF isn't the end-all of copy protection, but it's interesting to see the Modern Western Square Dance community intent on finding out about suppression of interest and usability in a market of a few hundred people.

Anyway, I started to read those, rebooted, and now if have to go to the email to find the password again, and it's hard to get enough out of this to feel like I'll have a reason to resubscribe.

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#Comment Re: Admittedly a password on a PDF isn't made: 2024-08-22 16:07:40.845875+02 by: Definitely Not a Bot

This might help. http://freemypdf.com/

#Comment Re: Admittedly a password on a PDF isn't made: 2024-08-22 18:56:34.304453+02 by: Dan Lyke

It says "PDFs that require a password to be viewed cannot be unlocked by this service." I opened it in Apple Preview and then printed to PDF, and that worked, so I guess I need to just get into the habit of doing that when I get the new ones. But it's making me ponder my subscription...

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