It does seem so pointless ........... I just sent it to PDF Printer and it removes the security.
Camm ---- Richmond Mathewson <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > I downloaded a passport application form today: > > http://centralcontent.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/central-content-pdfs/form-c1.pdf > > Now, as I am having a "printer crisis" at home, I decided to take the > PDF document up to my school to print it, via a Flash drive. > > Hey-Ho; when I got to the school and opened the PDF all I got was a > single-page blank document. > > So, back home, poking around in the PDF I found that it is "(SECURED)"; > which seems to mean that I cannot copy what I have downloaded from the > internet onto any sort of portable media. > > * So I opened the application form with GIMP and exported the 5 pages > as JPEG > * files, copied them onto my Flash drive, ran up the road and printed > them. > > Now this process took me all of 3-4 minutes. > > So, what on earth was the point of the document being "(SECURED)"? > Presumably the computery people who do "that sort of thing" for the > British authorities are well aware that all that stands between their > 'protection' and doing what on earth you want is just a spot of lateral > thinking? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Any form of software protection can (and almost inevitably will) be > overcome. So, > the only real reason for it is just to slow people down a bit. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode