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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] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

VeraCrypt and 7zip are both good recommendations. I've read up on cryptomator, but haven't used it yet, so it's good to read an endorsement of it from someone who does for cloud storage.

Edit: you could also encrypt it with a local pgp key if you already use that encryption method with a pgp program or provider

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

Oh im still new to learning gpg/pgp haha but thats also a good option