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> Of course this is completely false safety given that many programs can edit PDFs.

But can you edit a properly signed[1] PDF without breaking it? From an integrity perspective, that's what matters; otherwise, it's just inherently more portable until non-repudiation becomes relevant.

[1] As in not SHA-1: https://shattered.io/



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