When I complained, they said 'don't worry it's encrypted' which just means they password protected the pdf which can easily be cracked. In fact, if you send an email to anything ending in you do not get a bounce back meaning your email was received. Rant incoming: My leave administrator sent my tax info to the wrong email address (they manually typed the email incorrectly and sent it to instead of Domains like which are similar to gmail are notorious for being a catch-all to try to get sensitive info. I am sure there are many more use cases for you all, and I would love to know them, if you don't mind sharing.

So I remove the password, delete the junk pages, save and send it. This can be handy if your electricity bill is 7 pages long, while your reimburser only needs the first page. Removing the password also enables me to move or delete pages in a PDF. Also having all bills in one folder in Finder, allows me to use Quick Look like I described above. Having to forward them to an employer for reimbursements is a pain if it is password-protected. Very handy!ĭownloading bills for electricity, Broadband, etc. I often have a folder full of documents, and removing the password from all of them allows me to Quick Look them easily, and move from one to the next while Quick Look is active with just the up and down arrow keys. Often that password itself is critical info (like SSN, DoB, etc) and handing it to a third-party website or app is obviously less preferable than something built-in. When downloading statements and documents from financial institutes (banks, etc) which come with some password. They could certainly have made the process more intuitive with a distinct 'Remove password' menu item. , Filling Existing Form Fields) is a good idea if you want zero restrictions on the PDF. Tick all the 5 boxes (Printing, Copying Text. Tip: You will have to tick what you want to be enabled. The steps are shown in the last section (Manage permissions for a PDF) of this page:

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