
Even some of the video assets are up for grabs, though with the 9.3 updates the affected documents won't open anymore.īeing able to obfuscate your carefully-written Javascript may sound a good idea, but it's a terrible one in practice. It also only protects off-page content, as anyone who can read something on their screen can copy it.


Afraid that's the price you pay for using PDF - it's an open document standard, and although you're targeting Adobe Reader etc with your forms, PDFs can be opened in non-Adobe software that may or may not choose to respect any permissions settings it finds.įorcing an Adobe-only security method (certificates or DRM through something like Adobe Document Center) makes sure these third-party apps can't open the file, but also forces you to individually process recipients or forces them to register with the DRM service.
