Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/13/07 01:16, Joe Hart wrote: > [snip] >> Since you know so much about PDF files, let me ask you another >> question. Does PDF have DRM capabilities built in? > > They can be password encrypted. Don't know about anything else.
Arguably the worst feature, however, may be the ability to 'phone home' and tell the creator of the pdf when, were and by whom the document is read/printed or what else... /============= $ aptitude show acroread-plugins Package: acroread-plugins New: yes State: not installed Version: 7.0.9-0.1 Priority: optional Section: text Maintainer: Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 52.0M Depends: acroread (= 7.0.9-0.1), acroread-escript Conflicts: acroread-plugin Replaces: acroread (<= 7.0-0.0), acroread-plugin Description: Plugins for Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. This package contains plugins who enable javascript in acroread and thus make acroread able to send to a remote host which pdf files you are reading. See http://lwn.net/Articles/129729/ \============= Debian is the one distribution I know, where Christian Marillat splits the acroread package from adobe into two separate packages, so that users who don't require the spyware just don't install it. (If for some reason they can't or don't want to use the free alternatives.) Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
