University of Wisconsin–Madison

What Can Happen When You Don't Wipe PDF Metadata

PDF for Lawyers reports on another case of too much information being released when metadata is not wiped from a PDF file.

Yet another PDF metadata snafu — this time by the White House! In this article by PDF Zone’s Don Fluckinger, we learn that the 38-page Iraq policy document posted as a PDF shows a Duke PoliSci professor as the author. (Ouch!). This story joins last spring’s military secret redaction debacle as an example of why it is important to have at least a basic understanding of your technology.