Re: [artworks] ArtWorks PDFs and privacy
- From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:28:39 GMT
In message of 24 Jan, Chris Terran <chris.terranova@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I note that PDFs produced by ArtWorks contain not only the serial
> number of my copy, but also my name, visible via the "file info"
> window of any PDF reader.
>
> This counts as "personal information" to my mind, and embedding such
> information should, I feel, at least be made optional.
I can't see any problem with this. It is not as if it contains an
address or phone number, not to mentions an e-address.
> Unlike native ArtWorks files, PDFs are designed for wide distribution
> on the net and elsewhere. I can easily imagine circumstances when it
> would be preferable to be anonymous: for instance, producing as part
> of one's job promotional material for a cause to which one would not
> personally subscribe.
That is for you to work out.
But if someone who did subscribe to a cause you did not like and then
used your program on your machine, that might just be a different
matter. I is almost as bad as when callous snipping in a post makes you
say something that is the opposite to your views. But the normal
defence is that 'it wasn't me guv, honest'.
Is this akin to the present cases of over the top PC or Health and
Safety?
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Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx
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