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Want to ensure financial documents cant be parsed by automated systems

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[โ€“] Natanael@slrpnk.net 7 points 8 hours ago

There's DRM solutions but they're by definition not perfect, if it can be read then a photo can be taken

[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 23 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

PDF scanning is done by both OCR and PDF analysis so no. If you, a human can read it, a bot can read it too.

Your best bet is the classic inserting BS in a 1-hex-off-white font

[โ€“] umt@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 10 hours ago

This is correct. There are also typefaces that are designed to be difficult for OCR eg https://www.librarystack.org/zxx/

These are, however, difficult for humans to read as well.

[โ€“] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

Zip them into a password protected file or pgp