On 2010-04-19 16:17, Merciadri Luca wrote:
Russ Allbery wrote:I think people are not understanding why users use this feature in some environments./Yes, sometimes it's a misguided attempt at DRM, but I've more often seen it inside a workplace as defense in depth against *mistakes*. One might, for instance, mark a document as not printable because it contains social security numbers and salary information and it's corporate policy not to create hard copies of the document beause of the risk of exposure of personal information that might put the company at legal risk.Good example.
The "problem" is that Windows is a jailed, restricted, dumbed-down environment "operated" by so many clueless users.
It's almost certain that there is the occasional Windows user (and with a user base approaching 10^9, "occasional" is still a very large absolute figure!) who have the motivation and mental clarity to Google "break pdf encryption".
So, you need to ask yourself:
(a) Does this "colleague" run Linux?
(b) If so, will he read it with Acroread?
(c) Will he be be motivated enough and clever[0] enough to
Google "break pdf encryption"?
[0] You know society is doomed when Googling is considered "clever".
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