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Acrobat "security leak"?

Acrobat "security leak"?

CNET staff
Shannon Calvert has discovered a security leak of sorts in Acrobat's password protection scheme. If you have a file set up so that it can be read and printed but not edited, beware: "As long as printing is allowed in a PDF document, you can simply run the 'locked' Acrobat file through Distiller to create a duplicate, unlocked file." This is now a fully editable version of the document.