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[Discuss] Password-protected PDF file?

Subject: [Discuss] Password-protected PDF file?
From: srehrlich at gmail.com (Scott Ehrlich)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:53:31 -0500
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How safe is a password-protected PDF file sent via email?

I've never run a sniffer to see what could be learned from doing this.

Thanks.

Scott

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