[geeks] Adobe reader 6 and pdf that phones home

Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm at mendelson.com
Mon Nov 6 00:24:53 CST 2006


I have adobe reader 6 as the default reader on my wife's PC. Due to font
issues, I have to use it instead of adobe reader 7.

When I opened a pdf today, I received a "security warning" that the pdf
file was trying to "phone home" with a URL. I had the choice of blocking
or allowing the operation and remebering the action for that web site.

Note that pushing the file through pdf2ps and then ps2pdf produced a pdf
file that did not "phone home.". It displayed much more slowly too.

Geoff.
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