What secret information can people find in my PDFs?
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How much information is hidden in the PDFs I send? Like, can people find out…
1. Names I’ve given my images?
2. Names of Photoshop layers?
3. Names of Photoshop paths?
4. Names of InDesign layers?
5. Details about what version of Photoshop I use?
6. Can they see the individual layers in Photoshop?
7. Can they see hidden Photoshop layers?
8. Anything else I should be concerned about?I really just need to know I can give things stupid names without my clients or printers being able to read them! :)
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I’d avoid giving things stupid names at all. One slip-up, one forgetful moment, and you’re no longer seen as “professional”.
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Chris: Sure. I don’t normally use silly names, but there are occasions when I may quickly name a layer “bald guy” or “fat woman”, or have a layer group called “Crap – unused”. Or quickly name a file “afeafe.psd”. Nothing particularly “unprofessional”, but it would be good to know if there’s a risk of anyone ever reading these.
I also wonder if a PDF could show some kind of history of a Photoshop image, or reveal what parts of the image have been altered, or show individual layers? With metadata I never quite know!
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I wouldn’t know either, but I have seen the results of someone making a mistake in terms of how public a comment was going to be. By systematically avoiding any debatable terminology, you avoid any risk of offence. e.g. thinking you’ve switched to something personal and writing a dubious comment.
Cheerio,
Chris
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.– look up metadata in PDFs for that idiot on ID secrets.
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.(only joking!)
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