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What is a good way to secure PDFs? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Don't know if this is the most suitable place to ask, but it's all I can think of.

Say like tax documents. Password protect them? What's the best free software?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For encryption I stick to veracrypt for local and cryptomator for cloud storage (has a paid mobile application but free on desktop). 7zip also has an option to password protect but not sure how resilient that is.