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Gmail allows you to bypass PDF DRM

Posted by geeknews at 4:41 PM on April 18, 2006

I am sure that this will not last long but it appears that you can view PDF files that are protected with DRM via Gmail. I wonder how many previously secure documents are now going to be propagated through out the net. [akira.arts.kuleuven.ac.be]

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2 Comments

  1. From Mike Wills at 5:16 pm on April 18, 2006

    I have heard that this has been sliently fixed.

  2. From Mike Wills at 5:22 pm on April 18, 2006

    Actually, the reference is on digg. http://digg.com/software/Use_Gmail_to_break_PDF_DRM